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kleinbl00  ·  2035 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Wealth inequality in America: A Race between the Stock and the Housing Market

I mean this:

...is a direct consequence of this:

If you had your money in equities that were profiting off of bad mortgages, you ended up getting protected by TARP, QE and QE2. If you had your money in a bad mortgage, your credit rating is now shit, you lost every dime you put into your mortgage and you're now a forever renter. And if you were a color other than white, well...