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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:28 AM Original message |
The "It's all Fannie and Freddie's fault" talking point... |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. Pretty hard to deny Greenspan's role in this. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. True enough, but their goal is to be apologists for the "Free Marketism" that is their religion. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. Will Man U wear the US Dept. of Treasury logo on the front of their shirts? nt |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. Ah, but Fanny and Freddie were private corporations until a month or so ago. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. All of a sudden they believe in nuance... it was only sorta private... |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. Easily Shot Down |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. You would think... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. I believe the root cause of all of this is the price of fossil fuel energy. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Yes... that might well have been the first domino. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Exactly, a domino effect and here is a key dysfunction in how |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I don't see how it makes any sense at all to leave those costs out... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I believe the logic or excuse depending on how you look at it is |
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