Toddsterpatriot
Diamond Member
I am speaking of derivatives that were created as a hedge on mortgages allowing one mortgage to back many derivatives. When a mortgage failed it had a multiplier effect of the loss through the economy.Less regulation of mortgages contributed to the recession. That was driven by Republicans. Making mortgages easier to obtain was driven by Democrats. The biggest driver was the approval of derivative by both parties.Tonight rump blamed Obama for the debt under his administration.
1) Most of that debt was due to the Bush Administration's worst recession in 80 years as the deficit in 2009 was estimated to be over a trillion even before Obama took office.
2) Trump had made no improvements in the deficit since taking office despite taking over in a the midst of the longest streak (broken by Trump) of job gains & low unemployment
3) If you want to see huge deficits again, let Trump pass his tax plan. The Bush tax cut was a major part of that Great Recession
Democrats caused the Great Recession with their mortgage policies and then blamed it on Bush.
Bush's tax cut got us out of the Tech Stock Bubble recession.
Left Wingers are dumb.
But ultimately it was caused by greedy bankers finding ways to take advantage of the above to make excessive profits and then bailing when they had the excessive losses that came with the risky investments created.
More regulations would have caught the slime buckets.
These simple minded people who want to blame one party on a simplistic interpretation that is false.
Trump supporters want everything to be simpler than it is.
The biggest driver was the approval of derivative by both parties.
Why do you think that?
When a mortgage failed it had a multiplier effect of the loss through the economy.
Say Elmer Bank holds a $500,000 mortgage and buys a derivative from Goldman Sachs to hedge the risk.
The mortgage fails. Elmer Bank loses $100,000. Goldman pays Elmer Bank $100,000.
How is that multiplying through the economy?