No Bailouts!

Background Information

A good summary of various federal policies that led to the housing bubble and the resulting financial crisis
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122298982558700341.html

An analysis of specific HUD policies that contributed to the housing bubble and the resulting financial crisis
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/09/AR2008060902626.html

How the longstanding "bailout" policy of the Federal Reserve contributed to the creation of a housing bubble
http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=8183

Why mortgage backed securities became so popular (Some Useful Notes on the Crisis by Arnold Kling)
http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2008/10/some_useful_not.html

Why the Big Bailout Passed, Part 1
http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/what-the-bailout-means-for-our-future

Why the Big Bailout Passed, Part 2
http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/more-about-the-future

Downsize DC's Position: Who will pay for the Big Bailout?
http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/responsible-people-get-the-shaft

A Summary of Views About the Big Bailout
http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/hopes-and-fears-about-the-bailout

Bailouts, the Constitution, and the Downsize DC Agenda
http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/urgent-alert-the-more-things-change

How public pressure stopped the Big Bailout in its first vote in the House
http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/pressure_works

Public opposition to the Big Bailout runs as high as 300 to 1
http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/messages-to-congress-as-high-as-300-to-1-against-the-bailout

This would be simpler than a bailout
http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/this-would-be-simpler-than-a-bailout

Would we have a Depression without the Big Bailout?
http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/downsize-dc-commits-suicide