July 08, 2009
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were the chief culprits in the housing crisis because they encouraged people who could not afford payments to borrow money, according to a congressional report released Tuesday. The claims in the report have long been advanced by conservatives, who argue that the Community Reinvestment Act and other federal programs fed the housing bubble that burst in 2007 and led to the economic downfall in 2008.
'So unions get mountains of Obamacare waivers, but they can't budge for religious organizations? Creepy. '-@politicalmath
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dloesch: . @ThinkProgress also used another blogger's video sans permission for their smear. Some would call that "stealing." http://t.co/jcjlf79d
dloesch: . @ThinkProgress never corrected debunked video fabricated to accuse tea party of racism: http://t.co/jcjlf79d #needsaneditor