Unintended fallout of loan crisis

By Richard L. Cravatts | Saturday, July 26, 3008 | The Boston Globe

“…As the implosion of the $1.3 trillion subprime mortgage crisis threatened even government-sponsored Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, lawmakers and housing advocates were busy looking for culprits, accusing mortgage companies and banks of ‘predatory lending’ practices, often on the backs of vulnerable minority families in inner-city and working class neighborhoods. The irony of this should not escape the notice of many in the nonprofit housing sector whose own efforts have contributed to a crisis that will potentially victimize thousands of the borrowers affordable housing activists sought to help….”…BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/07/26/unintended_fallout_of_loan_crisis?mode=PF

 

 

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One Response to “Unintended fallout of loan crisis”

  1. Michael Gunn said:

    DO U REALLY THINK THE COLLAPSE WAS “UNINTENDED”???

    WHAT BETTER WAY THAN TO CREATE ANOTHER 911 & CREATE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE FEAR IN THE MASSES… THEN THE MASSES TURN FOR THE WOLF…oops I mean SAVIOR TO SAVE US>>>>> do u really think all of the wars & plagues are natural….

    or r they being orchestrated by the top 2% of the PUPPET MASTERS OF MONEY & POLITICAL POWER?

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