Are we just going to ignore all the jobs that were lost when the economy crashed? Not just in the U.S. either.

All because there was an inordinate amount of really bad housing loans that banks KNEW were bad, and just continued to give the loans out.

If you’d like to learn more about this, Inside Job is a great documentary about this.

I love megathreads for when I have to sleep through an event and I want a detailed recap