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  1. I WENT GROCERY SHOPPING YESTERDAY and prices had risen so much, I bought fewer items for the same price.

    This made me think of #DisasterDon's dismissal of high prices with his "3 dolls instead of 30" remark.

    WHAT HAPPENS TO THE JOBS of those doll makers (farmers, etc) who are now selling fewer products? 🤔

    During #TheGreatRecession, skyrocketing gas prices under #Dubya decimated sales & crashed the #economy.

    The #SupplyChainCrisis ALSO decimated sales.

    THIS TIME, THE WOUND IS SELF-INFLICTED.

  2. Really interesting perspective from #Marketplace, blaming the 2008 financial crisis on the debt ceiling.

    As they tell it: If we didn't have a debt ceiling, Fannie Mae wouldn't have been privatized, and wouldn't have facilitated massive investment in mortgage-backed securities, counting on the federal government to bail them out if the worst came to pass, which it did.
    marketplace.org/2023/12/05/cri

    #useconomy #FannieMae #economics #ushistory #DebtCeiling #TheGreatRecession

  3. Until this week, the DOJ was still suing banks for causing the 2008 financial crisis:

    “UBS has agreed to pay $1.435 billion in penalties to settle a civil action alleging misconduct related to UBS’ underwriting and issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) issued in 2006 and 2007.”
    justice.gov/opa/pr/ubs-agrees-
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    #UBS #TheGreatRecession #banks #mortgage #DOJ #housing #foreclosure