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G.W. Bush on the Housing Boom - Oct. 2002
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, all. Thanks, for coming. Well, thanks for the warm welcome. Thank you for being here today. I appreciate your attendance to this very important conference. You see, we want everybody in America to own their own home. That’s what we want. This is - an ownership society is a compassionate society.
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Ron Paul on the Housing Bubble - July 2002
Congressman Ron Paul
U.S. House of Representatives
July 16, 2002
“Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce the Free Housing Market Enhancement Act. This legislation restores a free market in housing by repealing special privileges for housing-related government sponsored enterprises (GSEs). These entities are the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie), and the [...]
Who Is Responsible For The Housing Bubble?
by Ron Paul
The House passed two bills attempting to rehabilitate the housing and mortgage market this week. There doesn’t seem to be any shortage of criticism and blame for the bad decisions, and rightly so. Lenders and banks do share much of the blame for the overheated market. Lending standards were relaxed, [...]
