{"id":5824,"date":"2008-09-27T08:43:42","date_gmt":"2008-09-27T08:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/09\/how-did-we-get-here.html"},"modified":"2008-09-27T08:43:42","modified_gmt":"2008-09-27T08:43:42","slug":"how-did-we-get-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/09\/how-did-we-get-here.html","title":{"rendered":"How did we get here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those who don&#8217;t get it, our current economic meltdown explained in 10 minutes. I found it helpful to see how the prices of homes shot up after Bill Clinton changed the Community Reinvestment Act, it makes sense that providing easy loans to more people will drive up the cost of homes.<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/H5tZc8oH--o&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/H5tZc8oH--o&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object>It makes me nuts that Dodd and Franks are on these talks show and nobody is asking them when they plan to resign. They caused this mess and will never be held accountable for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those who don&#8217;t get it, our current economic meltdown explained in 10 minutes. 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