Why on earth were crooked bankers allowed to co-mingle commercial and investment banking,?


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even after that same behavior caused the Great Depression? Is our memory just that short? Do we not learn lessons well?


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itsamini1

this is why we need to re enact Glass Steagall, our downfall started with the deregulation of banks

 
?

Ask Phil Gramm and Larry Summers.

 
SCE2AUX2

Um, that defines what a bank does. You give a bank money, it loans it out. And NO, that is NOT what caused the Great Depression.

 
William

Too many in politics have very short memories, and still have NOT learned from past mistakes.

 
Greshnab

no what caused it was the banks being FORCED by federal banking commission to modify the loaning regs to increase minority home ownership by 50% they did what the federal government REQUIRED them to do.

 
Richard

Why? So the benefits of deregulation could trickle down upon all of us, of course.