Saturday, December 8, 2007

Anyone Who Could Fog a Mirror

Sometimes a quote just jumps right out at me. This one, for instance, summarizes my own concerns about the rescue plan:

Determining eligibility for a rate freeze based on just a few criteria, as the Bush plan proposes, "is to repeat the same type of underwriting shortcuts that got us here," the analysts wrote, referring to the no-questions-asked frenzy of 2005 and 2006 that gave home loans to almost anyone who could fog a mirror.

From this LA Times article. Will the cure wind up being worse than the illness?

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