NWjobs | NWautos | NWhomes | NWapartments | NWsource | Classifieds | seattletimes. Hillary Clinton calls for a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures and a five-year freeze on the rates of adjustable mortgages (the Bush administration is endorsing a similar plan). The mortgage free-for-all set off a plague of bad judgments by lenders, borrowers, investors and Wall Street alike. Hold Wall Street accountable for funding abusive lending practices via the secondary mortgage market. In the months leading up to the 2008 election, Americans will witness the predictable aftermath of gluttony on a romp — boarded-up houses, empty shopping malls, depressed investors, jammed bankruptcy courts. Read More