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The FHA's success provides strong evidence that government can and should play a role in the nation's mortgage finance system. It also demonstrates that although government intervention in the economy during the Great Recession was messy, things would have been a lot messier without it. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#although #been #demonstrates #during #economy

The Tea Party was born out of the disgust many Americans felt early in the financial crisis upon learning that the federal government was even contemplating reducing the principal on some troubled mortgages. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#contemplating #crisis #disgust #early #even

I definitely have managed to overcome dyslexia now to become a fully functional human being but things were a lot more difficult when I was younger. ↗

— Ahmet Zappa

#being #definitely #difficult #dyslexia #fully

Adoption is a beautiful picture of redemption. It is the Gospel in my living room. ↗

— Katie J. Davis

#redemption #beauty

There is plenty of blame to go around for the U.S. housing bubble, but not much of it belongs to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The two giant housing-finance institutions made many mistakes over the decades, some of them real whoppers, but causing house prices to soar and then crater during the past decade weren't among them. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#around #belongs #blame #bubble #causing

Too-easy credit and millions of bad loans made during the U.S. housing bubble paved the way for the financial calamity and Great Recession that followed. Today, by contrast, credit is too tight. Mortgage loans are particularly hard to get, creating a problem for the housing market and the broader economy. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#broader #bubble #calamity #contrast #creating

We need to get rid of the debt ceiling law. It's anachronistic and it's a problem. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#debt #debt ceiling #get #law #need

We're getting job creation in healthcare and educational services. We've been getting that all along. It's demographically driven, it's funded by the government, and that's held up. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#been #creation #driven #educational #funded

I think the executives at the studios today realize that it's easier and safer to go the - to some known territory which is a remake of a successful film. It's less chancy than taking a fresh idea. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#executives #film #fresh #go #i

In the studios days, the public's perception of movie stars was much different, because the stars were so much less exposed. This made them seem more special, more unearthly. Today they're no longer perceived as different - they've become human, so to speak. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#become #days #different #exposed #human