Politics

Both sides make messes out of literally every issue, but the Democrats can take more of the blame for this one. So the Democrats can have the housing crisis and the upcoming healthcare bill fiasco, while the Republicans can have shady business dealings / lobbyists making policy and the cause of the financial meltdown.

There. Even. If only this were an academic debate instead of policies that make the citizens have a harder time at life.

'Degreuglation', Mr. Kazinec? Deregulation doesn't play nearly a role in this fiasco as pandering to minorities and lower-income groups. In fact, from my perspective as an employee of Fannie Mae during this whole mess, true deregulation might've made the situation a little less dire. Instead, you have 'tards like Barney Frank and Chris Dodd insisting that homeownership is a right. Every year, they raise our HUD goals. Before the whole housing bust, I believe our target for '09 was 60% of all mortgages we bought had to be "affordable" (read: non-performing bad loans). Does that sound like deregulation to you?

both parties are to blame,but democrats are more to blame. i'm a registered democrat,but a conservative.95% of the democrats have gone too far left. i never vote along party lines.it started in the Clinton era. they loaned money to people,who couldnt pay it back. i never bought my house untill i could make the payments.people have to learn to live within their income,as well our government. i have thought about changing to Independent.