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21. the FDIC had a process for dealing failing banks that involved firing the top

Reply to JHan (Reply #19)

Mon Feb 13, 2017, 05:40 PM

Feb 2017

couple of levels of management.

Even if these banks didn't come directly under that authority, it could have served as an example of how to deal with these guys.

Also, as far as not giving them the money leading to economic collapse, several of the banks gave out more in bonuses and spent more on parties than they got in the bailouts, so the only economic stimulus from the bailout was for banks in the Cayman Islands, and coke dealers and prostitutes on Wall Street.

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Happy to recommend what I consider to be the best post so far this year. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #1

complaining that your base is actually holding you accountable AFTER an election yurbud Feb 2017 #2

I agree, but a large part of the problem is that the GOP has been guillaumeb Feb 2017 #3

and centrist Democrats have enabled a lot of that agenda yurbud Feb 2017 #4

Agreed, that some center-right Democrats agree with parts of the agenda. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #7

if we had a constitutional re-arrangement, I'd make Senate house of parties yurbud Feb 2017 #9

Excellent. concreteblue Feb 2017 #5

Excellent! HassleCat Feb 2017 #6

hasn't happened yet. yurbud Feb 2017 #8

More wholesale Democrat bashing? ismnotwasm Feb 2017 #10

Democrats don't have the House, Senate, or most statehouses... yurbud Feb 2017 #11

was there a particular point you disagreed with? yurbud Feb 2017 #12

Centrism was never the problem. JHan Feb 2017 #13

you are confusing two kinds of centrism: ideological pragmatism and politicians who are for sale yurbud Feb 2017 #14

Obama had a record and looking at who his political patrons were should have destroyed any yurbud Feb 2017 #15

And I'll use a phrase from him which should be lesson to us all... JHan Feb 2017 #16

There was an argument for the Third Way when Reaganism was ascendant and dominant but yurbud Feb 2017 #17

But that doesn't really have to do with Centrism though... JHan Feb 2017 #19

the FDIC had a process for dealing failing banks that involved firing the top yurbud Feb 2017 #21

clean energy lobbyist don't have enough money to buy politicians yet yurbud Feb 2017 #18

I raised that as an example because... JHan Feb 2017 #20