tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post4516603924549860392..comments2023-11-05T04:36:14.223-08:00Comments on The Mess That Greenspan Made: Reforming the financial reform processTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-89320690721777396442010-03-11T10:36:14.418-08:002010-03-11T10:36:14.418-08:00Makes sense to me...Makes sense to me...Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-42331543640196573342010-03-11T10:33:56.620-08:002010-03-11T10:33:56.620-08:00The Fed probably doesn't want the consumer rol...The Fed probably doesn't want the consumer role because they know they would be under pressure from consumer groups to actually do something. It is the guys on the Street who want the Fed to be the toothless watchdog. And it is the Street that is making campaign contributions to steer it the way they want. The Fed does not make campaign contributions. Follow the money.Bobalieuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15980413364496571130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-28896714253247691592010-03-11T09:14:04.302-08:002010-03-11T09:14:04.302-08:00From HuffPo: Senator Calls For Aggressive Financia...From HuffPo: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/11/senator-calls-for-aggress_n_494699.html" rel="nofollow">Senator Calls For Aggressive Financial Reform, Deplores Current 'Incremental' Steps</a><br /><br />In a Thursday morning speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Ted Kaufman (D-Del.) blasted the "incrementalism" approach to fixing the nation's broken financial system, laid bare by a financial crisis that wiped out trillions of dollars in wealth and sent the economy into a tailspin not seen since the Great Depression.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com