Quote: (10-08-2015 08:14 PM)worldwidetraveler Wrote:
Quote: (10-08-2015 07:58 PM)Captainstabbin Wrote:
It was government intervention that caused the collapse. Barney Frank almost single-handedly forced Fannie and Freddie to accept subprime debtors. That program was expanded and expanded until the collapse happened - then, 5 years later they tried to start the same programs again.
The banks never wanted to get involved in the loans but had constant regulatory pressure from Washington to do it - from both sides of the isle.
Frank admitted this:
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In a recent meeting with the Council on Foreign Relations, Barney Frank–the chair of the House Financial Services Committee and a longtime supporter of Fannie and Freddie–admitted that it had been a mistake to force homeownership on people who could not afford it. Renting, he said, would have been preferable. Now he tells us.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/13/housing...pinto.html
That's just one article, Google it, there are hundreds more.
1.Which banks didn't want to participate?
2. Are you saying the credit rating companies and banks had nothing to do with the collapse? Obviously government relaxing requirements was part of the reason, I'm just trying to understand how you can overlook all the other stuff that contributed.
1. Most of them.
2. Maybe 10%.
Read the attached article, or this one, it's all included. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/arch...is/249903/