So to understand our bad economy is to try to understand how the banking system got so messed up. Bad regulation vs Deregulation? Free Market failure vs Government intrusion into the markets failure? etc etc etc

For Values Voter News point of view with some trail of evidence to back it up see: In total, the government has committed about $2 trillion to support Fannie and Freddie and Countrywide Financial tops the list of the top 25 lenders in the subprime market but guess who was their biggest rewarder/customer for their practices.

Renewed Optimism on Housing, Banks Sends Stock Market Up-CNSNews.com

"Reassuring news about housing and banking on Monday convinced investors to return to the stock market.

The Dow Jones industrial average shot up 235 points, making up three-quarters of last week's losses. All the major indexes rose about 3 percent.

A better-than-expected profit report from Lowe's Cos., an uptick in homebuilder sentiment and positive comments from analysts about U.S. banks revived investors' confidence in an economic rebound. Stocks fell sharply last week on worries that a recovery might be further off than hoped, interrupting a rally that has left the Standard & Poor's 500 index up 34.5 percent since March 9."

Related: In total, the government has committed about $2 trillion to support Fannie and Freddie

Countrywide Financial tops the list of the top 25 lenders in the subprime market but guess who was their biggest rewarder/customer for their practices

The mortgage crisis explained from 1913 to the present....

In 1991 conservatives were pushing for the full privatization of Fannie and Freddie and warned of what is happening now if we didn't and here we are..

YouTube from '04 hearing proving Republicans were trying to reform Fannie and Freddie which are back in the news in a big $400 billion dollar way

New York Times articles in 1999 and 2003 on the Economy

New York Times not telling you the whole story once again

Media is not giving you the whole Mortgage Crisis story: Fannie and Freddie is Enron x 19/Microsoft Sized Monopoly/Leading Compaign Giver and Lobbyist

The Economy and what Big Media is not telling you...

Obama's connection with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ignored in Big Media. The Fact that Bush tried to reform Freddie and Fannie ignored in Big Media.

Mortgage Crisis

Orson Scott Card (Democrat who is also, highly critical of the free-market and capitalism) writes a powerful argument and telling piece!!! Must read!!

$4.6 of the $6.6 trillion mortgage-backed securities at the heart of the financial crisis are from Government Sponsored Enterprises!!!!

Dow has gained 1400 points since 11/21/2008 after dropping 2000 points from 11/4/2008 to 11/20/2008 inspite of recession and unemployment news...

New York Times refutes itself when blaming Bush for the economic crisis. Fannie and Freddie leveraged their government-sponsored advantages...

BBC News: "Fannie...and...Freddie is the biggest corporate rescue in history...leaving a grey area between being government owned and private sector"

Fannie and Freddie CEO's make it clear that Fannie and Freddie were not truely private sector companies....

The economy and the cause and how many know enough to justify their vote? Testimony of Brian Welch of Korn. Jill Stanek's blog moves into top 7000.

Wall Street Journal reports on causes of the housing bubble that burst our economy and in the long run helped no one out...

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in 5th grade terms

Found this excellent article on CBNNews.com concering Fannie and Freddie