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   On Fri, 17 May 2013 23:07:47 -0400, Scout wrote:   
      
   > "Free Lunch"  wrote in message   
   > news:chrcp8tagik07ttiqh3358p7v0au52bruk@4ax.com...   
   >> On Fri, 17 May 2013 12:14:13 -0500, RD Sandman   
   >>  wrote in alt.atheism:   
   >>   
   >>>Free Lunch  wrote in   
   >>>news:59ocp8lekgqdkorlm9lcvjgaseqsum6qrd@4ax.com:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Fri, 17 May 2013 10:30:50 -0500, RD Sandman   
   >>>>  wrote in alt.atheism:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>Free Lunch  wrote in   
   >>>>>news:vgecp89b4ct8u06mvcmhedm0ercri3b5gg@4ax.com:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On Thu, 16 May 2013 21:43:55 -0500, RD Sandman   
   >>>>>>  wrote in alt.atheism:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>deep wrote in news:h85bp8p08pctdpcmrnhlao2m669ocsvbi0@4ax.com:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> On Thu, 16 May 2013 22:22:03 -0400, "Scout"   
   >>>>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> But not to the FY2008 FY which ended 9/30/08.  He took office   
   >>>under   
   >>>>>>>>>> the 2009FY budget.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>Oops, and I kept saying FY2008.... my mistake. Should have been   
   >>>2009.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>Still doesn't alter that Obama is responsible for a major portion   
   >>>of   
   >>>>>>>>>that year's deficit.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> No, he's not.  A minor portion, but he inherited the worst   
   >>>>>>>> recession in decades.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>As a result of deregulation from both sides of the aisle over two   
   >>>>>>>decades, failure of the dot.com industries, lack of oversight from   
   >>>>>>>the Democrats in 2007 and 2008, being ignored by his own party   
   >>>>>>>despite three attempts to get their attention and his taxcuts.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> The economic catastrophe was already baked in by the beginning of   
   >>>>>> 2007.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>As noted, it began a couple of decades ago with the start of   
   >>>>>weakening Glass Steagal in 1980.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> The Democrats could have done nothing to stop it from happening.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>They voted for a lot of the deregulation.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Before 2007, absolutely.   
   >>>   
   >>>What part of going on for a couple of decades would be prior to 2007?   
   >>>;)   
   >>>   
   >>>The first weakening on Glass Steagel was in 1980.   
   >>   
   >> I don't disagree with that point. I was noting that the " lack of   
   >> oversight from the Democrats in 2007 and 2008" was any empty objection.   
   >> The horse had been ridden off long before.   
   >   
   > Perhaps, but why did they give Freddy and Fanny a clean bill of health   
   > just months before the collapse?   
      
   Who did that?   
      
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