I'm just challenging the contention that Bush isn't a savvy capitalist.

Other not so credible hard money lenders acquire them from investors like you that are under capitalized going into their deal, borrow too much money from the lender at terms that they find themselves unable to repay timely, and the lender forecloses on the property and the investor loses it.The beauty of the capitalist environment we all enjoy in the USA is that there are an abundance of different service providers in this hard money space, with a vast number of  different programs and terms available. 

I saw this in my market prior to the crash, people overpaying for rentals because of the booming market...however that was not a cause of the crash it was merely a symptom of the conditions that caused the crash - unregulated(forgive me capitalists ;) ) easy money(simplified, but accurate) far and away #1 was the cause and on a much, much smaller scale local overspecualtion(your point here, but really much more on wall street than rental owners)...people are overpaying right now that has happened before...but what we do not have is the incredible number of bad loans and unqualified buyers we had that precipitated the crash.

The people who are the ‘targets’ of everyone’s outrage are eating this up, and most likely allowing and encouraging this, because it takes peoples attention away from the one thing that actually matters in a capitalist society.

Are you a "worker", or a "capitalist boss"?

This is especially true if the actions of the party they have a contract with were a direct cause of them defaulting OR if the lack of a default will destroy them financially when the recourse for breach was clearly spelled out up front.I guess I am more of a capitalist than many and like to have terms set up front.

As a capitalist, I tend to believe that money can be created through small business, entrepreneurs, investors, and even faith based non-profits (e.g.

It's certainly a measurement of SOMETHING, but absolutely not success.in a capitalist market, it's certainly an easy metric to compete for.

Venture Capitalist ofter market to start up companies but in fact no one will ever invest in a complete start up where a person has nothing but an idea.

Greed is the driving force behind a capitalistic society and the ebb and flows are natural business cycles which are inherent in expanding economies.