Posts Tagged ‘tort deform’
Predatory lending made worse by Bush Administration
In case you missed it over Valentine’s Day, Elliot Spitzer, consumer rights hero, wrote a great J’accuse piece in the Washington Post . In the piece, Spitzer rightfully accuses the Bush Administration through the OCC of actually making the predatory lending problem worse by first trying to ignore the problem, then when the States [...]
Yeah! Where was Washington?
The New York Times has a good piece on the total lack of interest on the part of Washington to listen to the many voices of reason who were warning about the subprime crisis. I think overall though it lets the Feds off too easy, especially Alan Greenspan. The discussion with Greenspan has some interesting [...]
Mortgage fraud, another Enron?
The StarTribune reported today on another criminal investigation of mortgage fraud. While it is a good thing that someone is going after these people for the fraud they have committed, it would have been much better if someone had been guarding the hen house in the first place. The eggs are now gone and a [...]
