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A significant number of American households -- nearly 8 percent, or 9 million, to be exact -- are "unbanked," meaning they have no bank account...And an even larger number of U.S. households -- 18 percent -- are "underbanked." Although these households...
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WSJ Spins Discredited Claim that Programs for the Poor Caused Housing Crisis Posted by Staff, Media Matters for America at 2:03 PM on November 14, 2009. The idea that affordable housing initiatives were responsible for the crash is a widely discredited...
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Holy Moly, I started a new job this week and I must say - what happened? It looks like we've had a sure fired-up case of "Liberal-itis" on Allvoices. Now that's such a surprise! It's as scary as the Swine Flu! When do we draw the line on all of...
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Three weeks until the Presidential Election and - as we would expect - the politicking is getting especially intense, which in turn means the first victim is usually the humble truth. Once the truth has been sacked, it is usually the regular folks who...
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ccomplished Googlers can probably find the original talking points off which dozens of conservatives made essentially the same case: The Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 caused the financial crisis. For example, a Wall Street Journal editorial lumped...
Tags: community reinvestment act, financial, mortgage, crisis