Re: The FCIC falls apart

"Karl" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.music.dadl.ot
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Not really.  The CRA affected private banks too, not just fannie.

Point is that if it caused loans to be issued to high risk people it
contributed.

Found this which makes some good points in both directions.


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Lance McLain
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 4:30 PM
To: DADL (off topic)
Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] The FCIC falls apart


On Dec 16, 2010, at 5:57 PM, Karl wrote:

> " the long-standing and harmless Community Reinvestment Act"
>
> Harmless?  Really?


Actually, not only harmless, but perhaps even helpful, according to this article
(at the end).

regards,
-Lance

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2008/10/12/53802/private-sector-loans-not-fannie.html

Private sector loans, not Fannie or Freddie, triggered crisis




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