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  • Wall Street's Gullible Occupiers (Good One)

    10/12/2011 3:25:30 AM PDT · by woofie · 18 replies
    Wall Street Occupied Journal ^ | 10/12/11 | PETER J. WALLISON
    The protesters have been sold a bill of goods. Reckless government policies, not private greed, brought about the housing bubble and resulting financial crisis. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There is no mystery where the Occupy Wall Street movement came from: It is an offspring of the same false narrative about the causes of the financial crisis that exculpated the government and brought us the Dodd-Frank Act. According to this story, the financial crisis and ensuing deep recession was caused by a reckless private sector driven by greed and insufficiently regulated. It is no wonder that people who hear this tale repeated endlessly in...