antagon
The Man
- Dec 6, 2009
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'all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.' -edmund burkeeveryone went vulture over the booming property market from banks, to the feds to the local governments extorting property taxes. now is the season to write memoirs, point fingers, and say it wasn't so.
I agree that Sharks on both sides of the Aisle were predatory, buy not Everybody is that way. Not everyone took advantage.
There are alway's those waiting to pounce, when there is a misstep, muddy the waters, so most are not able to see the scheme, and grab everything that you can in the confusion. Time after time the Predators are long gone before Government even responds. That's when there is not collusion. Either they out smart or orchestrate hand in hand. Follow the money.
it is wise to take advantage of a good market. buyers, lenders, politicians, builders, many did. it wasn't all an evil conspiracy in that it does not require evil for there to be economic cycles with downturns epicentered on the leading trends in the boom.
i've just pointed out how disingenuous it is to roll around after the fact pointing your right finger with blood on your left. i'm not impressed by bush's or any partisan claim of futile resistance to any factors which could be implicated in the collapse particularly because it goes well beyond fred and fann inasmuch as the federal government's role. the signing statement style of bush's wont afford him a favorable legacy from me.
what i see is that the president's behest sent 300k troops to the other side of the world concurrent with his claim that powerful voices overshadowed his will. i call bullshit on this one.