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


To: geode00 who wrote (146014)11/6/2008 4:53:20 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 173976
 
The evidence is that the government gave favorable treatment to it.

If the government rewards one thing over another, you get more of the first thing. People respond to incentives.

Also the GSEs basically established the secondary market in the first place.