He writes: If Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Community Reinvestment Act were responsible for the explosion of subprime lending, then why are 55 percent of the commercial mortgage loans coming due before 2014 underwater?
Apparently banks don't need government inducements to make boatloads of irresponsible mortgage loans.
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