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dsc

(52,147 posts) Mon Jan 23, 2012, 10:48 PM Jan 2012

Ok so color me confused

Newt and Mitt repeatedly said that Fannie and Freddie caused the mortgage crisis by making it too easy to buy a home but then with their other faces they repeatedly said that Dodd, Frank has made it too hard to buy a home. So which is it?

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Ok so color me confused (Original Post) dsc Jan 2012 OP

Why don't they they read the bi-partisan Senate report on what caused the mortgage sabrina 1 Jan 2012 #1

Newt was paid millions as a "consultant" to Fannie and Freddie Skittles Jan 2012 #2

They must have meant Dodd-Frank makes it harder for THEM to buy another home n/t Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2012 #3

You assume they have to be consistent. That's only required if you're telling the truth. nt TheWraith Jan 2012 #4

sabrina 1

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1. Why don't they they read the bi-partisan Senate report on what caused the mortgage

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Mon Jan 23, 2012, 10:49 PM

Jan 2012

crisis? Or maybe our useless media could discuss those findings so politicians don't get to lie about it on TV?

Skittles

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2. Newt was paid millions as a "consultant" to Fannie and Freddie

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Mon Jan 23, 2012, 10:51 PM

Jan 2012

and Romney has half a mil invested in them - who the fuck are they to complain about Fannie and Freddie???

Joe Shlabotnik

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3. They must have meant Dodd-Frank makes it harder for THEM to buy another home n/t

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Mon Jan 23, 2012, 11:01 PM

Jan 2012

TheWraith

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4. You assume they have to be consistent. That's only required if you're telling the truth. nt

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Mon Jan 23, 2012, 11:02 PM

Jan 2012

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