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Lean: Independent Gender:  | Re: The Fanny Mae & Freddy Mac debacle is Barney Franks fault Look, the problems here have been caused by a mix of both the irresponsibility by the government leadership in the past, and the Fed ignoring the problem now. In fact, I would say that the FED is the problem now. People keep saying "Regulate! Regulate! That will save the market!" which is the most stupid argument I've ever heard. We are trillions in debt and now the Democrat solution is to take out uncle Sam's credit card and run up the debt some more with all the "regulation" and "giant corporate bail-outs(which, by the way, what about all the small-businesses that have failed)? Yea right, that will absolutely kill the economy! Whats happening is a Federal Reserve Board run by Rich-kid Bernanke and a do-nothing US treasury department. This type of irresponsibility is unheard of. We should be having invistigations, not bail-outs! After-all, inside the dark-rooms of the Reserve Board is representing the best interests of the American people? |
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| Re: The Fanny Mae & Freddy Mac debacle is Barney Franks fault Quote:
Originally Posted by ARealConservative I'm not going to chronicle all your past posts - but all of them that push the pass the buck on a single party is partisan. | I see, you just felt like flaming in this thread for no particular justification.
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| Re: The Fanny Mae & Freddy Mac debacle is Barney Franks fault Quote:
Originally Posted by ARealConservative ?
What is your point? His bio lists him as the chair beginning in 2006. Is it wrong? | No, That's not what is listed in his bio.
I became Chairman of the Committee on Financial Services in January, 2007. Congressman Barney Frank - MA-04
My point is you are wrong saying he was chair in 2006.
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| Re: The Fanny Mae & Freddy Mac debacle is Barney Franks fault Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkWizard12 Look, the problems here have been caused by a mix of both the irresponsibility by the government leadership in the past, and the Fed ignoring the problem now. In fact, I would say that the FED is the problem now. People keep saying "Regulate! Regulate! That will save the market!" which is the most stupid argument I've ever heard. We are trillions in debt and now the Democrat solution is to take out uncle Sam's credit card and run up the debt some more with all the "regulation" and "giant corporate bail-outs(which, by the way, what about all the small-businesses that have failed)? Yea right, that will absolutely kill the economy! Whats happening is a Federal Reserve Board run by Rich-kid Bernanke and a do-nothing US treasury department. This type of irresponsibility is unheard of. We should be having invistigations, not bail-outs! After-all, inside the dark-rooms of the Reserve Board is representing the best interests of the American people? |
How is it the Democrats fault that the Govt is bailing out huge companies that have operated in the past 8 years in unregulated environments, and that the government has allowed to grow so huge that it can't afford to let them fail? |
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Current Mood: | Re: The Fanny Mae & Freddy Mac debacle is Barney Franks fault Actually, Alan Greenspan got us started on the road to sub-prime mortgages back in 2001.
No, I'm not kidding.
Look it up your own damn selves.
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Awards: | Re: The Fanny Mae & Freddy Mac debacle is Barney Franks fault Quote:
Originally Posted by TacticalEvilDan Actually, Alan Greenspan got us started on the road to sub-prime mortgages back in 2001.
No, I'm not kidding.
Look it up your own damn selves. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Iriemon How is it the Democrats fault that the Govt is bailing out huge companies that have operated in the past 8 years in unregulated environments, and that the government has allowed to grow so huge that it can't afford to let them fail? | Did John McCain try to prevent this from happening in 2006 or didn't he? Hot Air Blog Archive McCain’s attempt to fix Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac in 2005; Update: Obama can’t get AIG right |
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Originally Posted by bhkad | I actually don't care.
What I care about is that additional regulatory and oversight authority is going to be given to the same body which caused this crisis to begin with:
The Federal Reserve. |
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Originally Posted by Iriemon How is it the Democrats fault that the Govt is bailing out huge companies that have operated in the past 8 years in unregulated environments, and that the government has allowed to grow so huge that it can't afford to let them fail? | You just sit there and ponder the blatant partisanship you just made. I'll talk about the real issue, corruption of both the FED and the treasury. |
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Originally Posted by Iriemon No, That's not what is listed in his bio.
I became Chairman of the Committee on Financial Services in January, 2007. Congressman Barney Frank - MA-04
My point is you are wrong saying he was chair in 2006. | Even more reason to question why someone would attempt to blame him for this, which was my point all along. |
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| Re: The Fanny Mae & Freddy Mac debacle is Barney Franks fault Quote:
Originally Posted by ARealConservative ?
What is your point? His bio lists him as the chair beginning in 2006. Is it wrong? | And given that the origins of this mess started at the absolutely minimum in 2005 and more likely 2001, it's real questionable. But most people can't see the forest for the trees.
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