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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (104926)	11/28/2011 5:13:15 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 149317

I'd say it ended up a perfect greed storm of various causes. Resulting in major consequences some "unintended" and "unseen" until it hit the fan. In some cases it was political. I agree. Real estate has taken some spectacular jumps in my lifetime, but never with this type of hangover. The difference I think was the enablers; the banks that let everyone join the party. That wouldn't have happened a generation ago. And deregulation probably allowed that to happen. Still can't just blame the casino for gambling; that's us regular folks standing at the tables rolling the dice.