Mortgage firm arranged stealth campaign

"If effective regulatory reform legislation ... is not enacted this year, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system and the economy as a whole," the senators wrote in a letter that proved prescient. Full Story »

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by Chris Finnie - Oct. 21, 2008

Many years ago, President Eisenhower warned the nation against the corporate money that threatened to "sink the ship of state." This is as good an example as any of exactly what he meant. Well-researched and documented, this shows how the lure of corporate dollars kept the Senate from acting when they saw the seeds of the housing meltdown years ago. Sobering and scary.

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