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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2628770, member: 71510&quot;]I do disagree with this part.&nbsp; Nobody forced anyone to go into these things.&nbsp; They made it easy to &quot;hang yourself&quot; but there are many policies that allow this to happen - to this day.</p><p><br /></p><p>The policies weren&#039;t responsible, it was the people that exploited them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Caveat Emptor to me.&nbsp; Today&#039;s society has become too reliant on government safety nets and political mulligans.&nbsp; The ones that are caught in the crossfire are generally the ones that haven&#039;t done anything to deserve the punishment or burden of the failure.&nbsp; As a nation, we all got screwed because of the choices of the few that were able to walk away - and then government policies that gave them benefits after the fact are to blame for creating another false security blanket and letting people know that someone else will pay for their failure.</p><p><br /></p><p>My only solace was being able to go out after the fallout and buy another house dirt cheap.&nbsp; As a taxpayer I got screwed pretty bad, but I was able to take advantage of the collective misfortune to get back on track.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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