One of the consistent refrains from the Rick Santorum campaign is that he opposes government bailouts, but as a senator, he supported the something-for-nothing policy most responsible for the housing bubble. Like George W. Bush and other compassionate conservatives, he was naively obsessed with affordable housing for low-income potential home buyers, a mismanaged cause that led to billions in loan defaults and which the IRS called a scam.
In his book It Takes A Family (2005), Santorum wrote at length and approvingly of the Nehemiah Project...
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