Roger Wicker and the Mortgage Crisis

From CottonMouth down in Mississippi:

MS-SEN: Roger Wicker and the mortgage crisis

Now that our economic recession is a reality it is time to take a look a what got us here. No one will deny the role that subprime mortgages have played in the economic tragedy being savagely played out in the homes of those who can least afford. As late as August 2007 Mississippi ranked first in the percentage of subprime mortgages past due at 23%. This crisis created by unfettered greed and the nearly criminal intent to take advantage of the vulnerable, has allowed some of our neediest citizens to be seduced by the predators of the subprime industry.

In 2007 a vote came in front of the House of Representatives on whether or not we should regulate the subprime mortgage industry. Does Roger Wicker take the side of his constituency, many poor and victims of predatory lending, or with the big money interests on Wall and K Street? Well I think we all know what Roger Wicker did, exactly what Bush and Cheney told him to do. “Rubber Stamp Roger” voted against regulations that would have helped to curb this crisis as well as help the thousands of Mississippians caught in the cross-hairs of this debacle. Don’t take my word on it, click on these links and read for yourselves

H.R. 3915

Rubber Stamp Roger’s vote on H.R. 3915

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