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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Video Emerges That Shows Hillary Blaming 2007 Housing Crisis On Homeowners [View all]Bernblu
(441 posts)90. Disgusting is correct. She's a brought and paid for by the Banksters
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Video Emerges That Shows Hillary Blaming 2007 Housing Crisis On Homeowners [View all]
eridani
Jan 2016
OP
Wow. Disgusting. She is still defending Bill's repeal of Glass-Steagall and refusing to reinstate it
Green Forest
Jan 2016
#1
Easy. The PTB of the Democratic Party backed Obama in 2008 and are backing her now.
merrily
Jan 2016
#29
The illegal robot signings were a technicality. If I'm living in a house, I expect to pay someone.
Hoyt
Jan 2016
#34
The robo signings were still a technicality that was used to forestall foreclosure -- which I'm fine
Hoyt
Jan 2016
#79
Baloney. Banks said no to loans throughout all history, until crap mortgage derivatives.
merrily
Jan 2016
#33
Property taxes, income tax on workers and builders, sales tax on new furnishing and stuff bought by
Hoyt
Jan 2016
#46
Indeed, the mortgage tax deduction is government action to promote home sales.
freedom fighter jh
Jan 2016
#61
I never trust any salesperson. And yes, the mortgage folks were only interested in closing a loan,
Hoyt
Jan 2016
#66
Your attempts to absolve Wall Street of blame for the crash is inexcusable. It is established fact they
ChisolmTrailDem
Jan 2016
#70
For the most part, the loans were bad only if prices dropped. Otherwise if one got in trouble, they
Hoyt
Jan 2016
#82
Your posts are way off base. Since forever, banks were the ones who decided whether a borrower
merrily
Jan 2016
#31
IF every loan had been paid in full it couldn't have covered all the fraudulent derivatives
Vincardog
Jan 2016
#81
Hillary IS TOAST on The Wall Street Stuff! THIS Just Adds More Fuel To The Fire
CorporatistNation
Jan 2016
#69
That's why I'm voting for Hillary. She told her audience of financiers to fix the problem. Then, she
Hoppy
Jan 2016
#14
She was the Senator of Wall Street. Ironically, this is one of her claims I actually do believe.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jan 2016
#16
As the person who responded to you shows, you are not allowed to be levelheaded about this.
stevenleser
Jan 2016
#26
Wrong. See Reply 31. Hillary is saying the same thing right wingers on CNBC were saying in 2008.
merrily
Jan 2016
#36
Did you even read what you posted. Not ALL Wall streets fault. That means it is partially Wall
stevenleser
Jan 2016
#47
I guess as a Sanders supporter, you are eager to distort anything his opponents say. nt
stevenleser
Jan 2016
#51
No, I'm not pretending she doesnt think homeowners deserve part of the blame. I'm reality based.
stevenleser
Jan 2016
#56
She's blinded by the Wall Street cash she receives personally and for her campaign.
JRLeft
Jan 2016
#57
That's an interesting attempt to move the goalposts from the field to the ocean but its meaningless.
stevenleser
Jan 2016
#64
You can see you are not going to get anywhere even though you are clearly right. nt
stevenleser
Jan 2016
#48
OMG, her HUSBAND is one of those to blame for the housing crisis. The only good thing about her
RiverLover
Jan 2016
#25
Yep, and not only because of repeal of Glass Steagall, either, but she blamed it on Bernie!!
merrily
Jan 2016
#38
Oh, RiverLover, please let it go. It creates cortisol in your body and cortisol is evil,
merrily
Jan 2016
#62
"Now these economic problems are certainly not all Wall Street’s fault – not by a long shot."
Bread and Circus
Jan 2016
#54