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Who/what entity would you say is most to blame for the 2007-2009 housing crisis/recession?

Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:34 pm
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:34 pm
Everybody blames the banks in every single movie or documentary I've ever read on the matter. I've got to say that I think the US government holds most of the blame, in my opinion.

On a related note, how much money do you think those guys that shorted the market before the crash cleared?
Posted by whitetiger1234
They/Them
Member since Oct 2016
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:35 pm to
Trump
Posted by WestCoastAg
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:35 pm to
I mean it begins with the banks and then probably goes to the Fed
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:36 pm to
home buyers don't get nearly enough blame. just because you get approved for a loan doesn't mean you should take it.
Posted by LSU fan 246
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:37 pm to
fed/banks/clinton administration
Posted by fallguy_1978
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:38 pm to
The Clinton administration had a large hand in it. GW Bush didn't reverse any of their bad policies though.
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:38 pm to
Lots of blame to go around.
I remember Democrats having their race baiting politicians standing in front of congress demanding everyone should be able to get a loan and house even if they had next to nothing for a down payment.
Republican banker folks were happy to make it happen knowing the government would bail them out
Posted by LSUAlum2001
Stavro Mueller Beta
Member since Aug 2003
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:38 pm to
quote:

fed/banks/clinton administration



This.
Posted by USMEagles
Member since Jan 2018
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:38 pm to
Greenspan probably had a hand in it.
Posted by Teddy Ruxpin
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:38 pm to
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
14506 posts
Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:39 pm to
quote:

GW Bush didn't reverse any of their bad policies though


Well, it was racist to try and reel em in. And as you know, there is nothing worse than being called a racist in America in the 21st Century.
This post was edited on 2/3/22 at 1:40 pm
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:39 pm to
Funny timing I was just re-watching this scene and was about to make a thread on the M/T board about it.
Posted by TheAstroTiger
Member since Jun 2018
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:39 pm to
I was just a kid at the time so someone help me out here. Banks would offer crazy loan amounts that people were accepting. A ton of people foreclosed on homes and it created a bubble from so many houses being foreclosed on? Is that right?
Posted by LT
The City of St. George
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:40 pm to
Fannie mae and Freddie mac
Posted by whitetiger1234
They/Them
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:40 pm to
quote:

home buyers don't get nearly enough blame. just because you get approved for a loan doesn't mean you should take it.


I read this in Tim Dillon’s voice.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:40 pm to
People that were never going to pay their loans and banks and politicians who allowed them to get the loans they knew wouldn’t be paid back
Posted by CaptainJ47
Gonzales
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:41 pm to
I worked for a bank and the free money / lack of underwriting rigor was AMAZING. Oh how much do you make… $350k as a janitor, perfect I will put that down. No one was checking shite, especially on the equity line side of things. The demand for loans was incredible because banks would resell the debt so they had some buffer, until they bought it all back in MBOs. True shite show.
Posted by secfballfan
Member since Feb 2016
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:41 pm to
Barney Frank, pushing for "affordable homes for all" while in a intimate relationship with Fannie Mae SVP...
Posted by Sneauxghost
Member since Sep 2020
1295 posts
Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:42 pm to
Globalist orchestrate crashes all the time. They crashed the car and bought it cheap after. Look at how much was made and by who. No conspiracy. No coincidence.
Posted by fallguy_1978
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Member since Feb 2018
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Posted on 2/3/22 at 1:42 pm to
quote:

Banks would offer crazy loan amounts that people were accepting.

The federal government was pressuring banks into making subprime loans they otherwise wouldn't have approved. Because there was a belief that everyone needed to be a homeowner

Janet Reno played a large part in this. Granted the banks did do some shady things bundling these loans that were almost certain to fail with A rated loans and not disclosing the risk.
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