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Old 04-04-2021, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Tentarro [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Unless you're trying to somehow say W and the Republican party were mystically magically the masterminds of the housing crash? How did they do that?
After years of financial deregulation accelerating under the Bush administration, banks lent subprime mortgages to more and more home buyers, causing a housing bubble. Many of these banks also invested in credit default swaps and derivatives that were essentially bets on the soundness of these loans.