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	<title><![CDATA[The Simple Arithmetic of the Mortgage Crisis Debunks Right Wing Media Narratives]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-fiderer/the-simple-arithmetic-of_b_173204.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Five months ago, when the world trembled at the specter of a global financial meltdown, Rep. Darrell Issa of California ran on to <em><a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26958893/">Hardball</a></em> to deliver a "f____-you" to his constituents. They live in San Diego and Riverside County, Ground Zero in the foreclosure crisis. </p>

<p>Explaining why he worked to defeat the bipartisan bailout deal intended to stabilize the mortgage markets, Issa, who had previously <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1118.xml">voted against</a> laws to <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-3915">curtail predatory lending</a>, blamed the Treasury Secretary. "You...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Business]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-04-09T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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