Were those government policy makers unionized?
So I guess it wasn't the unions fault.
Nope, not the unions' fault! Ha! It only seems like I blame everything bad on unions, but not so! Here is an axiom to think about: almost every time you observe an economic upheaval or a disruption, the cause is some government action which caused an unintentional distortion in the marketplace. In this case, it was the desire or political leaders to allow lower income people to buy homes, forgetting that they don't live responsibly enough to make the payments. Go on youtube, you can see the hearings in which Republicans question the wisdom of this policy and Maxine Waters accuses them of racism. Pretty funny and tragic to watch.