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LiberalAndProud

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18. If.

Reply to magical thyme (Reply #16)

Sun Sep 15, 2013, 06:50 PM

Sep 2013

More consolidation was in fact the aftermath, with absolutely no resistance. The banking industry is only one industry in which this has been the unremitting trend.

It might have been fine if there had been some remediation. There wasn't.

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Former TARP Watchdog: �We�re Headed Toward Another Financial Crisis� [View all] G_j Sep 2013 OP

Of course we are! It is part of a plutocracies core. Rex Sep 2013 #1

Max Kaiser & Jim Rickards (author of Currency Wars) are sounding the alarm bells as well 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #2

It's only a question of when. K&R Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #3

Well we saw how the people rejected another war. Maybe when the next financial crisis hits they will liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #4

Problem with that is that all those crappy assets are so embedded in pensions and savings and Squinch Sep 2013 #13

We only delayed the inevitable with the bailout. LiberalAndProud Sep 2013 #5

handing over the money would have been fine *if* magical thyme Sep 2013 #16

If. LiberalAndProud Sep 2013 #18

this is so fucked up gopiscrap Sep 2013 #6

It'll probably be both, with the former following the latter..... socialist_n_TN Sep 2013 #20

Yup and btw: I am becoming more and more a Socialist gopiscrap Sep 2013 #22

Welcome to the club comrade!... socialist_n_TN Sep 2013 #24

Thank you gopiscrap Sep 2013 #25

Cool. Thanks for joining..... socialist_n_TN Sep 2013 #29

sure, my pleasure! gopiscrap Sep 2013 #30

Damn it, why do we have to keep learning the same lesson over and over? Thor_MN Sep 2013 #7

none of us should be at all surprised. NRaleighLiberal Sep 2013 #8

The kinda changes needed Cryptoad Sep 2013 #9

Ah, yeah. Cause "Democrats" like these are on OUR side? bvar22 Sep 2013 #23

works are lacking Cryptoad Sep 2013 #26

It goes without saying that the GOP is the enemy. We know that. progressoid Sep 2013 #33

When you have,,, Cryptoad Sep 2013 #35

^^THIS^^ nt bluedeathray Sep 2013 #36

Sad but true Stargazer09 Sep 2013 #10

We could have saved them from collapsing by TAKING THEM OVER, firing the management, and Nay Sep 2013 #11

Interesting how the collapse was timed to coincide with the change in Administrations. Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #12

Call me a CTist. LiberalAndProud Sep 2013 #14

OK, you're a CTist. Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #15

unsettling G_j Sep 2013 #31

I think you meant to write that it would have been nice to not have sunk TRillions into the coffers magical thyme Sep 2013 #17

At what point are we finished trying their way? Earth_First Sep 2013 #19

Capitalism winding down. We've got a choice though........ socialist_n_TN Sep 2013 #21

We are doing barbarism right now Hydra Sep 2013 #39

Barofsky should be listened to ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2013 #27

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #28

A good description of the problem we have: bhikkhu Sep 2013 #32

K&R'd! snot Sep 2013 #34

Capitalism is the crisis. Starry Messenger Sep 2013 #37

I would love to see these big banks crash and burn - TBF Sep 2013 #38