I like Bernie Sanders’s banking act

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That said, Mr. Sanders’s philosophy seems sensible. Breaking up the biggest financial firms would remove unfair subsidies in the form of implicit government backing, sharply reduce systemic risk, and perhaps foster greater competition. Given the poor performance of some of the biggest financial conglomerates, it might even benefit shareholders. It’s quite a show of capitalist sympathies from a Green Mountain socialist.

via Breakingviews.com – Wells Fargo’s Big Dilemma – NYTimes.com.

He calls it the Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist Act. If you’re too big you’ll get chopped up!

Written by Jason Gooljar

November 8th, 2009 at 11:04 pm

Posted in Economy

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