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44. The chipping away of Dodd-Frank

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 05:59 AM

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and persistent attempts to gut the CPFB, are setting us up for yet another "Groundhog Day" repeat cycle, where the GOP crashes the economy and Democrats are brought in out of voter disgust, but are then forced to waste time trying to fix it, and get blamed for the hard work needed to fix it.

Time to break out of this idiotic cycle.

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Happy Days Are Here Again bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1

About Fucking time GCG Yesterday #2

Why do people like him and Kissinger live so long? raccoon Yesterday #3

because they are ungodly wealthy and afford the best treatment. Javaman Yesterday #5

And Dick Cheney. And now Donald Trump...only 80, but who has done 100 years BComplex Yesterday #8

how about that. nt Javaman Yesterday #4

My mother taught me to speak only good of the dead. Martin Eden Yesterday #6

It should be noted... GiqueCee Yesterday #7

Ayn Rand still lives on in the republican party, and in the academia of the University of BComplex Yesterday #9

Likewise, I'm sure... GiqueCee Yesterday #12

my uncle gave me the paperbacks he bought for his wife. i tried to read atlas shrugged. i couldn't finish the1st pansypoo53219 23 hrs ago #29

"Rand hated altruism in any and every form, and ranted against it at every possible opportunity." BumRushDaShow Yesterday #11

Why write Rand's real name? nt SouthBayDem Yesterday #13

Why not? GiqueCee Yesterday #14

Never knew her real name mountain grammy Yesterday #16

Back in the sixties... GiqueCee Yesterday #20

Ironically radical noodle Yesterday #10

Another Ayn Rand kook that destroyed this country. Good riddance! OhioBack2Blue Yesterday #15

Greenspan read Atlas Shrugged lildDemz Yesterday #17

Yet, just another Republican popsdenver Yesterday #18

Good riddance. Aristus Yesterday #19

Let me know where they're planting him. TygrBright Yesterday #21

We Come To Bury Greenspan modrepub Yesterday #22

He caused a great deal of real harm. Chaunceuy was just a puppet. Martin68 23 hrs ago #28

He did a lot of economic damage. Grins Yesterday #23

RIP. He served his country the best he thought fit. Did not enriched himself question everything Yesterday #24

Here BumRushDaShow Yesterday #25

why bring image from, when 1978? And, Ayn Rand was pro choice, for what its is worth question everything 21 hrs ago #36

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Hmm. PuraVidaDreamin Yesterday #26

I don't believe "he was always honest in acknowledging his mistakes." Martin68 23 hrs ago #27

how did he knot know INFLATION. he fucked up the social security fix BIG TIME. pansypoo53219 23 hrs ago #30

Fascist slime shouldn't live this long. BlueTsunami2018 23 hrs ago #31

Good effing riddance Wild blueberry 23 hrs ago #32

He probably should have stuck to the clarinet n/t BaronChocula 23 hrs ago #33

Sorry, Alan, you just couldn't put off dying forever. generalbetrayus 22 hrs ago #34

He's one of the he-men who silenced and marginalized Brooksley Born after she.. CousinIT 22 hrs ago #35

Here I thought guys stopped reading Ayn Rand at the age when their acne cleared up GenThePerservering 18 hrs ago #38

He gets a lot of hate, but the economy really boomed under him in the 90s Polybius 16 hrs ago #39

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Condolences to those that cared for him. Maru Kitteh 15 hrs ago #41

He's not dead. LudwigPastorius 13 hrs ago #42

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