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2014-11-01 Home Front: Politix

How 'Dodd-Frank' is becoming the new 'Obamacare'

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Posted by Fred 2014-11-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 Is this really the signature issue that the GOP grass roots are pushing for action? Or is this simply more of the beltway myopia that infests the Rove-McConnel-Boehner leadership of the GOP?

Clearly the latter. TEA Party is whats providing the big push in the base, and dissatisfaction with big government and its impact is whats making this into a "wave", and these idiots want to push "Free The Banks". Incredible. The GOP is dead from the neck up.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-11-01 06:28|| 2014-11-01 06:28|| Front Page Top

#2 What an idiotic issue to run on. If you want win run on an issue that ressonates. How about a ban on red light cameras on federally funded highways?

Posted by Shipman 2014-11-01 08:19|| 2014-11-01 08:19|| Front Page Top

#3 For the most part, the 'Pubs aren't saying much or running on any sort of positive platforms. At least they're not shooting themselves in the foot and letting Obama run his mouth instead ("my policies are on the ballot"). Not pleased about it, but I'll take it.

Posted by Raj 2014-11-01 10:37|| 2014-11-01 10:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Most voters probably don't know what Dodd-Frank is. At the worst they might think it was one of Barney's trysts; at best they might think it is one of those obscure pieces among thousands of legislation that is spewed out of Washington.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-11-01 10:40|| 2014-11-01 10:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Dodd-Frank is an Elizibeth Warren project.

If they can easily state why Joe Credit Card now has minimum purchase amounts at some stores, but OS is right in that they will need a counter to the Free The Banks counter.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-11-01 14:15|| 2014-11-01 14:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Remember 2008? The banks screwed us all by violating the first principle of mortgage lending - verify the borrowers' ability to repay.

The banks brought Dodd-Frank on themselves. No sympathy.

Posted by One Bandersnatch 2014-11-01 15:34|| 2014-11-01 15:34|| Front Page Top

#7 Dodd-Frank is just as bad as Obamacare, and it's crippling a lot of companies, not just banks. It's one of several reasons there aren't more jobs. Even more important, it does nothing to prevent the problems of underwater mortgages that caused the problem it's supposed to address. It's not glamorous, but it's one of a hundred things the Rethugs need to work on to get the boot of government off the people and industry.

Posted by Old Patriot 2014-11-01 17:58|| 2014-11-01 17:58|| Front Page Top

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