OK dumb **** why didn't the democrats regulate Freddie and Fannie when they were warned?
It's a shame you're unable to communicate without resorting to personal insults and vulgarity. You're very emotional.
Let's see if I can make sense of this. Evidently you think the Meltdown happened because the Democrats didn't "regulate Freddie and Fannie when they were warned." Okay, two part answer (I actually give direct answers, unlike you):
First, there were regulations in place, but they were essentially worthless because (a) so little effort was placed on enforcing them, and (b) maximizing the amount of mortgages was evidently a higher priority than regulating them. As bad as the Republicans were in this area, the Democrats were worse (especially Dodd & Frank), pushing for the lowering of standards in their never-ending quest for the governmental creation of "fairness".
And by the way, blaming Obama for this is just silly.
Second, the Fannie/Freddie debacle was just one card in the house of cards. The meltdown was decades in the making and cultural in its DNA. Not only was corporate America leveraged beyond anything approaching reason, so too was the American consumer. Somewhere along the way we allowed ourselves to become convinced that it was somehow our birthright to buy and own as much shit as we could fit into our homes, and we used plastic to do it. The mortgage crisis would have been far, far less destructive had we chosen a different cultural and consumerism path, placing a higher priority on responsible finance than on how many goodies we own.
But I know you like to keep it simple, placing blame only on everyone and anyone with a (D) after their name.
I answered your question, and you avoided mine. Par for the course.
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