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2016 Postmortem

busterbrown

(8,515 posts) Wed Feb 13, 2013, 01:21 PM Feb 2013

Let’s get This fucking Straight..Right now.! [View all]

According to Rubio, The govt. was responsible for the housing crisis......
Lets stop this lie immediately.
According to this same source Fannie and Freddie were responsible for about 15% of the total port folio
of Subprime paper...

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2009/05/06/5554/subprime-25

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Let’s get This fucking Straight..Right now.! [View all] busterbrown Feb 2013 OP

He's just carrying water for Wall Street. Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #1

Corporate Persons = a very practiced & strategically selective "learned helplessness" = a clearly patrice Feb 2013 #2

I'm pretty sure modrepub Feb 2013 #3

Krugman:Marc Rubio has learned nothing (debunks Rubio) antigop Feb 2013 #4

BULLSHIT. Wall Street was responsible. ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #5

Actually, the Bush administration was very much responsible for the housing bubble. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #6

Correct!-but ultimately the banksters/mortgage lobbyists were "twisting" his arms. ErikJ Feb 2013 #9

Let's agree that private banking, mortgage companies JDPriestly Feb 2013 #14

Correct! And very low top marginal tax rates are the ultimate reason for unbridled greed. ErikJ Feb 2013 #15

The government is responsible adieu Feb 2013 #7

Rubio didn’t mention that part...... busterbrown Feb 2013 #16

IIRC, some bad loans were offloaded into FMFM. Festivito Feb 2013 #8

The story from the right-wing is the housing crisis is the fault of the Democrats... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #10

Republicans always blame someone else... ReRe Feb 2013 #11

Let's not forget Alan Greenspan recommending ARM's TexasBushwhacker Feb 2013 #12

Absolutely ReRe Feb 2013 #13