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jtuck004

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2. And appointees of OUR government told us the fundamentals were strong, couldn't see a downside...

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Wed May 23, 2012, 02:24 PM

May 2012

So we would have to be more clever, smoother, trickier, and maybe smarter than the banks and the government that is supposed to regulate them on our behalf.

No barrier there.

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Why are we expected to be smarter than the banks? [View all] cthulu2016 May 2012 OP

Exactly! Not to mention - what drove the housing bubbles? hedgehog May 2012 #1

And appointees of OUR government told us the fundamentals were strong, couldn't see a downside... jtuck004 May 2012 #2

An Occupy LA member sums it up so well: Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #3

The Banks here are renting. Downwinder May 2012 #4

in order to avoid blaming the banks KurtNYC May 2012 #5

... cthulu2016 May 2012 #6