Yes, I did.
The only reason this bill, and the huge deficit it will create, is being defended is because it's a Democratic bill. What happened since 2006 has nothing to do with it.
There's approximately $2 billion in this current bill that deals directly in any way with the mortgage and financial industry problems. In other words, the lending collapse is completely irrelevant as far as this spending is concerned. There's not even that much dealing with the peripheral effects, like job creation or getting businesses back on their feet.