The housing bubble, not out of control government spending..

[Flaylo]

Caused the economic down turn, financial crisis and loss of wealth by the middle class.

bubble-destroyed-middle-class-marketwatch: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance


The rich have largely recovered and then some while the middle class has deteriorated and the Repubs think that cutting spending and giving tax cuts to those same rich is the answer to the problem when it was precisely part of the reason for the economic problems.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Does this mean it is not Bush's fault?

 

[Truthmatters]

It was the aim of the republican party all along.

Look who gained and who lost in this mess.

 

[Antiderivative]

Who do you think played a direct role in the housing market? We had Greenspan lowering interest to ridiculously low and artificial amounts combined with the government's moral hazard of Fannie and Freddie.