Category Archives: housing

Chicago Tea Party

Posted on February 19, 2009 by ChrisB

Rick Santelli just went off on Obama’s housing proposal live on CNBC from the commodities trading floor in Chicago. It’s now the headline on Drudge: VIDEO: ‘The government is promoting bad behavior… do we really want to subsidize the losers’ … Continue reading →

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Utter Insanity

Posted on December 17, 2008 by ChrisB

Those are the only words I can think to describe this proposal. The Hubbard-Mayer plan calls for the government to revive the moribund housing market by providing just about everybody with access to a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage with a 4.5 … Continue reading →

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