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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (137300)	9/17/2008 5:32:54 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

Phil Gramm is the #1 architect of the bank dereg. He is McCain's best friend and #1 economic advisor. Democrats had little to do with any of it. Same thing with energy deregulation. Gramm was in thick with Enron too. And is one of the ones responsible for $4 gasoline along with Dick Cheney.

To: Bill who wrote (137300)	9/17/2008 5:37:03 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

LOL, oh I get it, so when we were losing 100K jobs/mo in front of Bush's reelection, it was the democrats that created the bogus "ownership society" to prop up the economy? Fact Sheet: America's Ownership Society: Expanding Opportunities "...if you own something, you have a vital stake in the future of our country. The more ownership there is in America, the more vitality there is in America, and the more people have a vital stake in the future of this country." -President George W. Bush, June 17, 2004 The Challenge: America's Changing Society # Expanding Homeownership. The President believes that homeownership is the cornerstone of America's vibrant communities and benefits individual families by building stability and long-term financial security. In June 2002, President Bush issued America's Homeownership Challenge to the real estate and mortgage finance industries to encourage them to join the effort to close the gap that exists between the homeownership rates of minorities and non-minorities. The President also announced the goal of increasing the number of minority homeowners by at least 5.5 million families before the end of the decade. Under his leadership, the overall U.S. homeownership rate in the second quarter of 2004 was at an all time high of 69.2 percent. Minority homeownership set a new record of 51 percent in the second quarter, up 0.2 percentage point from the first quarter and up 2.1 percentage points from a year ago. President Bush's initiative to dismantle the barriers to homeownership includes: * American Dream Downpayment Initiative, which provides down payment assistance to approximately 40,000 low-income families; * Affordable Housing. The President has proposed the Single-Family Affordable Housing Tax Credit, which would increase the supply of affordable homes; * Helping Families Help Themselves. The President has proposed increasing support for the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunities Program; and * Simplifying Homebuying and Increasing Education. The President and HUD want to empower homebuyers by simplifying the home buying process so consumers can better understand and benefit from cost savings. The President also wants to expand financial education efforts so that families can understand what they need to do to become homeowners. whitehouse.gov

To: Bill who wrote (137300)	9/17/2008 6:12:12 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

talk about outrageous LIES..you take the friggen cake REPUBLICANS ALLOWED THE BANKING BILLS...they were in control... get a GRIP LIBB... of course the FACT that the banks were on cruise control SENDING OUT literally BILLIONS OF DIRECT MAIL PIECES TO ANYONE THAT HAD A FRIGGEN ZIP CODE FOR MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF CREDIT!...nah...that didn't have anything to do with it...or LENDING ALL THE MONIES FOR THEIR CRONIES IN THE HOUSING BIZ....NAH....that had nothing to do with it... but the most important thing is that ONCE AGAIN!!!! the FBI WAS IGNORED... IGNORED LIKE 911 agents were IGNORED... the FBI said THREE YEARS AGO THAT THE MORTGAGE BUSINESS WAS BEING FRAUDULENT AND IT WOULD LEAD TO A MARKET MELTDOWN LIKE WE HAVE NEVER SEEN! and by GOD THEY WERE RIGHT AGAIN...