They need to make sure people like Greenspan aren't set up to create a false economy through stupid low housing loans. Something like that event makes it a maze when trying to find the areas to tighten etc. Add to this the defence budget, which is truely amazing. Then you throw in your Absolum and his mates putting pressure on for their clients, throw in a few big backers, and the budgetry constraints go straight to the people who can least afford extra expenses as they try to hang on to their house. Stuffed if I know much. I've just completed the circle.