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Proud Public Servant

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2. Um, Clinton signed the repeal of Glass-Steagall

Reply to Bandit (Original post)

Thu May 17, 2012, 08:30 AM

May 2012

And Dems voted for the repeal by a 2-to-1 margin. I'm happy to lay all sorts of stuff at the GOP's door, including the state of the deficit and national debt, but the making of the financial crisis was a bipartisan affair.

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I don't buy that the fiscal crisis in 2007-2008 was caused just by the banks or homeowners [View all] Bandit May 2012 OP

Agree! And especially, "You simply can not deal with Republicans, RKP5637 May 2012 #1

Um, Clinton signed the repeal of Glass-Steagall Proud Public Servant May 2012 #2

As well as NAFTA, and Most Favored Nation trade status with China (see below). nt Romulox May 2012 #4

You'd have to be blind not see how our jobs have been hollowed out in the past 20 years. Romulox May 2012 #3

The jobs haven't been hollowed out. Jackpine Radical May 2012 #5

Um, check the recent headlines. We have just hit a 30 year low in labor participation. nt Romulox May 2012 #6

And part of the reason for that is the tendency for employers Jackpine Radical May 2012 #8

Wage stagflation caused it NNN0LHI May 2012 #7

Perzackly. Jackpine Radical May 2012 #9