Comments on: Ritholtz: Idiots Fiddle While Rome Burns http://blownmortgage.com/2008/07/17/ritholtz-idiots-fiddle-while-rome-burns/ #1 Free Home Loan Modification & Debt Relief Help For US Home Owners - Truths, Facts & News About the Mortgage Industry Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:42:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: morganb http://blownmortgage.com/2008/07/17/ritholtz-idiots-fiddle-while-rome-burns/comment-page-1/#comment-12617 morganb Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:29:11 +0000 http://blownmortgage.com/?p=1182#comment-12617 Excellent, excellent point. Excellent, excellent point.

]]> By: mbradyrn http://blownmortgage.com/2008/07/17/ritholtz-idiots-fiddle-while-rome-burns/comment-page-1/#comment-12616 mbradyrn Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:27:01 +0000 http://blownmortgage.com/?p=1182#comment-12616 Well, we have given not regulating banksa fairly lenghty trial run with the Bush 8 years and that does not seem to have worked.Maybe it's time to admit that enlightened self interest of an individual can, at times, be at odds with the general good.<br><br>I'm not sure how long a policy has to run before it can be considered failed -- but 8 years is a bunch of years. Well, we have given not regulating banksa fairly lenghty trial run with the Bush 8 years and that does not seem to have worked.Maybe it's time to admit that enlightened self interest of an individual can, at times, be at odds with the general good.

I'm not sure how long a policy has to run before it can be considered failed — but 8 years is a bunch of years.

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