Thanks for the feedback

Thanks to all that have taken time to read this fledgling blog. While I have only posted one official comment (and prominently so)  I have received lots of great feedback direct via email. This is a perfectly acceptable alternative to hitting that very small and hard to see “leave a comment” button at the bottom of all posts. Many of these comments fell into the “good luck” category and were not intended for publication. Several very astute readers did respond with a specific point about the TEA party post and my semi-rejected letter to the Tribune. They question my contention that banks were “forced” to make sub-prime loans, bringing us to today’s post. Yes, banks were pressured to make risky loans. Read on…