Comments on: The financial crisis: who is to blame? http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-financial-crisis-who-is-to-blame-2360.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:13:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: harry Joseph http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-financial-crisis-who-is-to-blame-2360.html#comment-48849 harry Joseph Fri, 16 May 2008 15:38:56 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-financial-crisis-who-is-to-blame-2360.html#comment-48849 Minorities are not the only ones who are foreclosing on their homes. Part of the problem if not all of the problem can be blamed on greed in my opinion. Why is the purchase of a home so important, because society say so that's why. When did a home become an investment. When they let those financial wiz kids out of the back-office and into our living rooms. Lending institutions credit card companies and even credit bureause should be regulated. Most people work to live not to pinch pennies ebon a sunny beautifual saturday afternoon making sure their bank accounts balance and all their bill are paid on time like slaves or little children. Minorities are not the only ones who are foreclosing on their homes. Part of the problem if not all of the problem can be blamed on greed in my opinion. Why is the purchase of a home so important, because society say so that’s why. When did a home become an investment. When they let those financial wiz kids out of the back-office and into our living rooms. Lending institutions credit card companies and even credit bureause should be regulated. Most people work to live not to pinch pennies ebon a sunny beautifual saturday afternoon making sure their bank accounts balance and all their bill are paid on time like slaves or little children.

]]> By: Neil Craig http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-financial-crisis-who-is-to-blame-2360.html#comment-43005 Neil Craig Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:36:15 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-financial-crisis-who-is-to-blame-2360.html#comment-43005 How exactly does a call for less regulation "prove" that the regulators never introduced diversity regulations? The nearest I can get to understanding the logic behind this is to assume the axiom is that anybody who wants less government regulation is automaticly to be assumed wrong, not worth listening to & any facts they produce ignored. This is the sort of logic religious fundamentalists take & is wholly impossible for anybody of a liberal persuasion, even if the case being presented against overgovernment were not a classicly liberal one. How exactly does a call for less regulation “prove” that the regulators never introduced diversity regulations?

The nearest I can get to understanding the logic behind this is to assume the axiom is that anybody who wants less government regulation is automaticly to be assumed wrong, not worth listening to & any facts they produce ignored.

This is the sort of logic religious fundamentalists take & is wholly impossible for anybody of a liberal persuasion, even if the case being presented against overgovernment were not a classicly liberal one.

]]> By: Simon http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-financial-crisis-who-is-to-blame-2360.html#comment-42894 Simon Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:59:19 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-financial-crisis-who-is-to-blame-2360.html#comment-42894 Surely the evidence that supports Mark's case is the demand for 'light touch' regulation that we always here from the money men. Of course when it all goes wrong it is then the fault of 'political correctness' or the government not regulatting them enough. Surely the evidence that supports Mark’s case is the demand for ‘light touch’ regulation that we always here from the money men. Of course when it all goes wrong it is then the fault of ‘political correctness’ or the government not regulatting them enough.

]]> By: Laurence Boyce http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-financial-crisis-who-is-to-blame-2360.html#comment-42884 Laurence Boyce Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:27:28 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-financial-crisis-who-is-to-blame-2360.html#comment-42884 I blame Thatcher. I blame Thatcher.

]]> By: Oranjepan http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-financial-crisis-who-is-to-blame-2360.html#comment-42882 Oranjepan Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:25:02 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-financial-crisis-who-is-to-blame-2360.html#comment-42882 It seems to me like the anti-discrimination case made by those who undertook illegal or predatory profiteering is a political smokescreen to win support for unsound and anti-economic business practices. Unchecked capitalism is anarchy! Conservatives support criminals - shock! It seems to me like the anti-discrimination case made by those who undertook illegal or predatory profiteering is a political smokescreen to win support for unsound and anti-economic business practices.

Unchecked capitalism is anarchy! Conservatives support criminals – shock!

]]> By: Neil Craig http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-financial-crisis-who-is-to-blame-2360.html#comment-42863 Neil Craig Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:02:37 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/the-financial-crisis-who-is-to-blame-2360.html#comment-42863 When you state it is wrong what is your basis for this? Do you have some evidence that the banking regulators did not demand a racial diversity balance which interfered with normal underwriting standards? Perhaps you are right & the author simply invented all those alleged regulatory standards out of thin air, but I think it is reasonable to ask you to provide some evidence for that assertion. When you state it is wrong what is your basis for this? Do you have some evidence that the banking regulators did not demand a racial diversity balance which interfered with normal underwriting standards?

Perhaps you are right & the author simply invented all those alleged regulatory standards out of thin air, but I think it is reasonable to ask you to provide some evidence for that assertion.

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