>>>My whole body is twitching from going on agreeing with Jake <g> but I think he was right that the system we had in place worked well for decades.
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>>You mean, the decades during which it was regulated?
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>Wouldn't the regulations hurt the weakest and the poorest of our society? Isn't that the biggest reason we're in this economic mess? Some in gov't felt owning a home was a God given right.

Just re-read last 50 messages in the thread - specially the one (JohnR, IIRC, last night) about who was lobbying for deregulation.