Authored by Stephen Moore via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),CommentaryPoliticians in Washington have the shortest memories.Maybe that’s why they so seldom learn from their sometimes catastrophic mistakes.Giorgio Trovato/Unsplash.comIt was less than 20 years ago that the U.S. economy was flattened by the mortgage and banking crisis. Anyone remember?The experts said that the odds were tiny that the housing market could crash; that the federal housing agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would never need a ba ...