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Eric Hovde: “The housing bubble blew up, cratered the economy and did so…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 15:33

And I was talking about it for over two years and meeting with congressmen, senators, Federal Reserve officials, trying to warn them, and nothing was done. Obviously, we know the consequences of that. The housing bubble blew up, cratered the economy and did so much damage. And then I saw the policy reaction where they bailed out Wall street and Wall street and the government were responsible for it. And then they let the community banks and Main street die. (15:33–15:40)

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