JonKoch
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"Despite government claims, the job market is still lagging. The poverty rate is on the rise, The Journal says. And federal laws passed under former President Clinton and further under Mr. Obama are actually driving the enrollment rate higher. Those laws allow for those with higher incomes to take food stamps — the logic being that helping people before they reach crisis financial level will actually stimulate the economy, The Journal says."
Food stamp president: Enrollment up 70 percent under Obama
I KNOW THIS MUST BE A RIGHT WING LIE, AFTER 8 YEARS OF DUBYA/GOP "JOB CREATOR" POLICIES CUPCAKE? COME ON
But you have to go back to 2013 huh?
HOW BIG OF A HOLE DID DUBYA/GOP DIG AGAIN CUPCAKE?
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The reason I went back to 2013 (supposedly long after the recession ended) was to prove that food stamps rose because of changes in regulations--not poverty.
What you need to understand fruitcake is that Democrats want to expand their voting base just like Republicans. One way of doing that is to create more government dependents. The more government dependents, the more likely Democrat voters. It had nothing to do with poverty. It had to do with getting more voters for the DNC.
OK Cupcake SHOW why it was Dems versus 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies that drove US into the hole? You know how big of a hole Dubya's great recession was right?
$16 TRILLION OF LOST WEALTH
7 MILLION LOST JOBS
10 MILLION HOMES FORECLOSED
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF HOMES UPSIDE DOWN!
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And that was all W's fault? It was partially his fault, but the beginning of the housing bubble regulations that started it was long before W took office. Care to see them? I'll be glad to post the links.
"Despite government claims, the job market is still lagging. The poverty rate is on the rise, The Journal says. And federal laws passed under former President Clinton and further under Mr. Obama are actually driving the enrollment rate higher. Those laws allow for those with higher incomes to take food stamps — the logic being that helping people before they reach crisis financial level will actually stimulate the economy, The Journal says."
Food stamp president: Enrollment up 70 percent under Obama
I KNOW THIS MUST BE A RIGHT WING LIE, AFTER 8 YEARS OF DUBYA/GOP "JOB CREATOR" POLICIES CUPCAKE? COME ON
But you have to go back to 2013 huh?
HOW BIG OF A HOLE DID DUBYA/GOP DIG AGAIN CUPCAKE?
![]()
The reason I went back to 2013 (supposedly long after the recession ended) was to prove that food stamps rose because of changes in regulations--not poverty.
What you need to understand fruitcake is that Democrats want to expand their voting base just like Republicans. One way of doing that is to create more government dependents. The more government dependents, the more likely Democrat voters. It had nothing to do with poverty. It had to do with getting more voters for the DNC.
OK Cupcake SHOW why it was Dems versus 8 years of Dubya/GOP "job creator" policies that drove US into the hole? You know how big of a hole Dubya's great recession was right?
$16 TRILLION OF LOST WEALTH
7 MILLION LOST JOBS
10 MILLION HOMES FORECLOSED
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF HOMES UPSIDE DOWN!
![]()
And that was all W's fault? It was partially his fault, but the beginning of the housing bubble regulations that started it was long before W took office. Care to see them? I'll be glad to post the links.
REGULATIONS? LMAOROG
Q When did the Bush Mortgage Bubble start?
A The general timeframe is it started late 2004.
From Bush's Presidents Working Group on Financial Markets March 2008
"The Presidents Working Group's March policy statement acknowledged that turmoil in financial markets clearly was triggered by a dramatic weakening of underwriting standards for U.S. subprime mortgages, beginning in late 2004 and extending into 2007"
Q Did the Community Reinvestment Act under Carter/Clinton caused it?
A "Since 1995 there has been essentially no change in the basic CRA rules or enforcement process that can be reasonably linked to the subprime lending activity. This fact weakens the link between the CRA and the current crisis since the crisis is rooted in poor performance of mortgage loans made between 2004 and 2007. "
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/20081203_analysis.pdf
Q Why is it commonly called the "subprime bubble" ?
A Because the Bush Mortgage Bubble coincided with the explosive growth of Subprime mortgage and politics. Also the subprime MBS market was the first to collapse in late 2006. In 2003, 10 % of all mortgages were subprime. In 2006, 40 % were subprime. This is a 300 % increase in subprime lending. (and notice it coincides with the dates of the Bush Mortgage bubble that Bush and the Fed said)
..."Another form of easing facilitated the rapid rise of mortgages that didn't require borrowers to fully document their incomes. In 2006, these low- or no-doc loans comprised 81 percent of near-prime, 55 percent of jumbo, 50 percent of subprime and 36 percent of prime securitized mortgages."
Q HOLY JESUS! DID YOU JUST PROVE THAT OVER 50 % OF ALL MORTGAGES IN 2006 DIDN'T REQUIRE BORROWERS TO DOCUMENT THEIR INCOME?!?!?!?
A Yes.
Q WHO THE HELL LOANS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO PEOPLE WITHOUT CHECKING THEIR INCOMES?!?!?
A Banks.
Q WHY??!?!!!?!
A Two reasons, greed and Bush's regulators let them
Bush's documented policies and statements in timeframe leading up to the start of the Bush Mortgage Bubble include (but not limited to)
Wanting 5.5 million more minority homeowners
Tells congress there is nothing wrong with GSEs
Pledging to use federal policy to increase home ownership
Routinely taking credit for the housing market
Forcing GSEs to buy more low income home loans by raising their Housing Goals
Lowering Invesntment bank' capital requirements, Net Capital rule
Reversing the Clinton rule that restricted GSEs purchases of subprime loans
Lowering down payment requirements to 0%
Forcing GSEs to spend an additional $440 billion in the secondary markets
Giving away 40,000 free down payments
PREEMPTING ALL STATE LAWS AGAINST PREDATORY LENDING
But the biggest policy was regulators not enforcing lending standards.
MY OLD ACCOUNT, GOT LOCKED OUT OF EMAIL:
FACTS on Dubya's great recession
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