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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Crash Index

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To: Kayaker who wrote (256453)6/24/2010 9:57:55 AM
From: Think4YourselfRead Replies (2) of 306849
 
Now there is a classic example of the Democrats shafting the people. The Democrats actually tried to FORCE Fannie/Freddie to take on bad loans at the height of the crisis, threatening to pass laws to do it. They also gave them a buttload of extra money during the crisis, and fought any/all attempts at holding the agencies accountable.

Good riddance Chris Dodd. Hopefully the same goes for Bawney (Rubble) Frank, but the industry he regulates really wants him to get re-elected.

degreesofmoderation.blogspot.com

According to South Coast Today Mr. Frank’s paper of choice, he has quadrupled the amount of donations to his election since 2002, the majority of the funds coming from the financial services sector, instead of individual donations from the district itself.
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Just a note: That Acorn office was “broken into” in October of 2008, computers were stolen. Mr. Frank handily won re-election. Granted this is merely a coincidence. "Republican Operatives" were blamed for the break-in - seriously.
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