# Housing crisis started with Clinton?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 18, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housing-crisis-started-with-clinton/464189 "2008-09-18T19:01:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housing-crisis-started-with-clinton/464189/16 "2008-09-18T20:50:57Z")

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No, it didn’t start with Clinton. It was a combination of dozens, or even hundreds of factors - many of them positive things. Numerous politicans contributed, sometimes without even recognizing they were dealing with some economic issue.

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