>> the system was designed to go after people at marginal means and give them the highest fees possible. >> the banks didn't have to care about whether the loan got paid back because the loan was sold to wall street. >> instead of keeping the dicey loans, the big banks and giant mortgage companies sold them off to big new york investment houses. >> firms like bear stearns and merrill lynch, sold them to the best customers around the world, as high-yield, mortgage-backed securities, turning sow's ears in silk purses. >> instead of buying one mortgage, they could take 1,000, put them into a pack...