Quote:Wait... The fact the banks gambled with our economy and willfully caused it's collapse is the governments fault? You hatred of regulation borders on silly and uncompromisingly extreme at times.

While I disagree as to amount of blame, from a dispassionate standpoint yes, the government bears some blame. They pushed through regulations forcing the banks to issue certain amounts/dollar amounts of loans to low income areas, clients, etc. The banks of course happily obliged. The government handed them the matches, the banks poured the gasoline, and clients happily helped light it up.

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