The checks & balances kept banks solvent and borrowers responsible . Although this approach worked , some cried foul stating that the regulated system was racist and discriminatory - and there certainly was some truth to this . Skipping forward to the present , banks made a bundle on mortgages over the past five or six years . For the most part , they allowed their underwriting criteria to be stretched so far out of alignment that almost anyone could and indeed did , qualify for a mortgage despite their ability to pay .
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They are discussing the intersection of finance and politics .