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2009-09-14 Economy

Lehman collapse: President Barack Obama to push banking overhaul

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Posted by Whaper Snerelet6479 2009-09-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 WAFF > GLOBAL COMPETIVENESS REPORT 2009-2010. The USA is ranked #2 behind SWITZERLAND.

The good news here is that we behind the SWEDISH BIKINI TEAM, where methinks we can safely presume Amers prefer = demand to be anyways.

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-09-14 00:17|| na]">[na] 2009-09-14 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 So far his record stands at Zero
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I'd need to read whatever he has in mind before commenting any further.

48 hour rule? Or longer?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-09-14 00:36|| 2009-09-14 00:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Give all the power into Me!

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-09-14 02:45|| 2009-09-14 02:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Need to undo Basel Two.

This turned the banking industry into the credit creation industry via removal of reserves.

This is what caused the credit bubble which is currently unwinding.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-09-14 05:19|| 2009-09-14 05:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Unwind the currently outstanding credit default swaps, and criminalize future ones, which was the law prior to 2000. I doubt 0 will do anything about this.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-09-14 18:33|| 2009-09-14 18:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Overall the bailouts and financial crisis have cost the American taxpayer two trillion dollars.... and not one stinking thief has gone to jail? The greatest collection of theft in world history and no criminal prosecutions?
Incomprehensible

Posted by NoMoreBS 2009-09-14 19:36|| 2009-09-14 19:36|| Front Page Top

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