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[ErikVandeWater]

Ah yes, the free market utopia every libertarian dreamed of existed in 2008. There were only just over 100,000 pages of federal law and regulations. Not to mention state and local laws.

[ClumsyPilot → ErikVandeWater]

I see, if we had 0 pages of regulations, then banks would be ethical, then they would not create CDOs and then synthetic CDOs and destroy globaln economy.

[ErikVandeWater → ClumsyPilot]

Strawman argument.

[ClumsyPilot → ErikVandeWater]

You mean the one about 100,000 pages? How is that of any relevance to CDOs?

[ErikVandeWater → ClumsyPilot]

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac