[quote=sdduuuude]Government productivity at work:

http://piggington.com/maybe_the_government_should_stop_helping

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And *whom*, pray tell, were responsible for those mortgages in the first place? I don’t know two many mortgage brokers or Realtors that work for the gummint.

Read a good summary of how this mess is entirely a product of the Federal Reserve and the excesses of the free market.

http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2009/01/stiglitz200901