Hoot85

How To Solve the Housing Crisis Tomorrow

I can't remember the exact quote, but Benjamin Franklin once said something along these lines: The beginning of the end for a democracy happens when that democracy realizes that it can vote itself money."

Depending on the connotation, this can apply to our current situation. All the "guvmint" is doing by intervening is delaying the inevitable, and making it worse at the same time. If we would let the FREE MARKET run its course, first it would overshoot its equilibrium. Once that happens, the market will recover completely, anew and stronger than ever.