house money
somewhere back in the middle of the housing boom the beautiful and talented alisa questioned where all the money was coming from. the answer then was along the line of who cares? we're getting rich woo hoo! anywho, the answer now is pretty obvious. the government was printing it. and loaning it out. which worked as long as the housing marking absorbed all the extra cash. ie house prices went up and up and up. which worked as long as interest rates went down and down and down. course that all came to an end. and now all that built up printed play money came spilling out into the real economy of milk, gasoline, and tuition. and there's nothing anyone can do about it. except to wait for the economy to grow into the new jumbo sized number of dollars out there. which will take many years of being more fiscally responsible than all other currency producers. that'll be a nice change.