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24. I'm More Worried That The Next Financial Crisis

Reply to maxrandb (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:26 PM

6 hrs ago

Will mirror 2008 and not the S&L carnage. At least in the later big banks we broken up into much smaller pieces and sold off to buyers instead giving them to big banks making them even bigger. It still bothers me today that more folks weren’t jailed after 2008

Putting people people back in charge after making huge mistakes or executing criminal acts just gives them license to do it again

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enslave you. great past time if you can afford it. ret5hd 6 hrs ago #27

I'm More Worried That The Next Financial Crisis modrepub 6 hrs ago #24

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