re: How will Obama's policies affect me as a college student

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with the attitude the public has shown toward the business community

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In the public's defense the finance industry being footloose and fancy free by selling sub-prime mortgage backed securities, brokering with credit agencies to inflate ratings, combined with fraudulent financial reporting and wild speculation did cause the global economic collapse. Then to salt the wound they allowed the American taxpayer to pick up the tab, lose money on what is usually the largest single asset most families own(their home) all the while increasing their own earnings during which time the country languished in a prolonged recession. I can see why the public at large might be upset.

And while I understand that in all likelihood a handful of powerful players are to blame, its hard for most to separate those few from the industry as a whole.