Let’s look at this from the inception of the investor lawsuits back in the 1980s… 1989 RTC vs. Key Financial (decision 2002)… Investors knew that the appraisals were inflated, the underwriting guidelines were lax and bonds were over-rated. Did it correct the situation? No, in 2003 Wall Street ramped up in order to replace the previous set of pigeons. Where was the IRS? Feeling sorry for investors whose agents and financial mangers that had screwed them? Bottom-line if the IRS had stepped in back in the 1980s we might not be here where we are today – waiting for the other shoe to drop.
As the dust from the financial crisis begins to settle, we learn that the lack of IRS enforcement of themortgage-backed securities industry bears blame for the financial crisis. The financial crisis began when lenders started making bad loans on a large-scale basis in the late ’90s and early ’00s. Big banks purchased these bad loans, bundled them into trusts, and sold interests in the trusts to investors worldwide. The interests in the trusts are mortgage-backed securities. The investors (financial institutions, pension and retirement plans, insurance companies, state and local governments and individuals) did not know the loans were bad, and paid inflated prices for the mortgage-backed securities. Now that the practices of lenders and banks are coming to light, borrowers and investors are seeking to recover losses through lawsuits. And it is obvious that better practices, as required by tax law and enforced through IRS audit, would have prevented or mitigated those losses.
Mortgage-backed securities are a vital part…
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