More importantly, the lobbying of the quasi-governmental mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would not have been so successful without the idea of the “ownership society.” How could anyone oppose turning every American into an owner?
更重要的是，如果没有“所有权社会”的观点，准政府按揭贷款商房利美和房地美当初就不会那么成功。谁会反对让每一位美国人都拥有房子这样的想法？正是这种观点的诱惑力让它们产生了如此危险的政治破坏力。