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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (48779)	9/25/2008 9:22:41 AM
From: JakeStraw	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224748

Bush wanted to tighten oversight with a new regulatory board for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other government recipients for the express purpose of addressing bad loan practices and the Democrats blocked it.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (48779)	9/25/2008 9:56:17 AM
From: lorne	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224748

ken..."In 1994, they gave Greenspan the power to regulate mortgages and he refused to use the power. Now, we are paying the price for the failure to regulate.".... Was this around the time clinton was getting it on with monica...point is this was during the clinton white house and it just seems a lot of very bad decisions happen during democrat rule.