Uncensored2008
Libertarian Radical
The irony of course, is that Bill Clinton single-handedly created the mortgage bubble and sub-prime ponzi scheme, when he signed the Community Re-Investment Act and forced banks to make loans to people who didn't previously qualify.
It's what happens when communist/marxist/socialist government interferes with the free market.
Before Bill Clinton and that bill, a house was an asset that went up and up and up in price over the years. After Bill Clinton, the housing market collapsed. And then the left blames the "free market" for their oppresive regulations that eliminated the free market. The irony is so thick, you could cut it with a knife.
CRA originated under Jimmy Carter, Clinton expanded it and Witch Hunter Janet Reno took the unprecedented action of suing banks for failing to meet CRA goals.
That said, without securitized mortgage bundles, the thing still would not have collapsed. Mortgage securities began under Clinton, but exploded under Bush. 2003-5 saw the majority of new mortgage debt bundled into securities, right along with the toxic loans made under CRA.
Carter, Clinton, AND Bush all share responsibility for that mess.