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Showing Original Post only (View all)Great Moments in Bi-Partisanship: The Signing of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 [View all]
The Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 repealed Glass-Steagall and the New Deal firewall protecting US taxpayer insured-deposits from Wall Street predation.
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Great Moments in Bi-Partisanship: The Signing of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 [View all]
Octafish
Jun 2016
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What it did for crap mortgage derivatives allowed Wall Street to bring down the economies of
merrily
Jun 2016
#9
My New Democratic Friend George Herbert Walker Bush, a really great guy, did a really great thing...
Octafish
Jun 2016
#14
What would Goldman think about putting taxpayers on the hook for the trillions bet at the casino?
Octafish
Jun 2016
#16
Yawn. He didn't lobby for it or tie it to other bills and to a shut down of government when
merrily
Jun 2016
#44
K&R. Big reason I don't want HRC consulting WJC on the economy. Need to dump the TPP.
Overseas
Jun 2016
#29
And now you've hit on another big reason I voted for Bernie. War weary. War criminal advisors
Overseas
Jun 2016
#31