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Cha

(297,156 posts)
4. It sucked.. I know the President didn't like parts of it.. but, some didn't suck as much.. like..
Tue Dec 16, 2014, 08:10 AM
Dec 2014
Did cromnibus kill Wall Street reform? (updated)

Now...if all you care about is sticking it to Wall Street, the current battle among Democrats over this bill might be worth having. But - if you also care about enforcing the critical aspects of Wall Street reform, Obamacare, the President's actions on immigration, early childhood education, climate change, job growth, and national security - all this hysteria is simply a distraction.

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UPDATE: I just learned that the "push-out" rule that is eliminated in the cromnibus was the brainchild of former Senator Blanche Lincoln. So excuse me if I'm a little skeptical about how important it is. Apparently it doesn't affect all derivative swaps - not even most of them.

In brief, the Pushout required federally insured banks to move-“push out”-some swaps dealing activities to separate subsidiaries that do not have access to federal deposit insurance. This does not apply to all swaps, mind you. Not even to the bulk of them (interest rate swaps, many CDS). But just to commodity derivatives (other than gold), equity derivatives, and un-cleared CDS.

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http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2014/12/did-cromnibus-kill-wall-street-reform.html
Because the unregulated derivatives market mmonk Dec 2014 #1
Because it was taxpayer money used to make bad business decisions profitable. Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #2
It didn't cost the government a dime Recursion Dec 2014 #3
I lost most of my family's net worth because of it. mmonk Dec 2014 #5
You lost money in the bailout? (nt) Recursion Dec 2014 #7
No, the credit default swaps and their mmonk Dec 2014 #13
I am very curious how that happened. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2014 #9
Because of the bailout? How? leftofcool Dec 2014 #12
Sorry to hear that. think Dec 2014 #20
The bank screwing up makes it lose value. That's what makes it a crash. The assets aren't there. Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #6
Isn't that socialism? treestar Dec 2014 #16
I wouldn't call it a tenet of socialism but the mechanisms of socialism coupled with human nature Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #21
It sucked.. I know the President didn't like parts of it.. but, some didn't suck as much.. like.. Cha Dec 2014 #4
Imagine opposing something simply because of the person who thought of it treestar Dec 2014 #15
And yet the poster you are responding to does exactly that in the post you are responding to... Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #19
Still working on K Street,eh? Lars39 Dec 2014 #8
Maybe because they crashed the economy to begin with and they gambled our lives. RiverLover Dec 2014 #10
Because the criminals who caused it kept the loot. Octafish Dec 2014 #11
Because the banksters, corporatists, etc. treestar Dec 2014 #14
Are you sincerly asking that question? Where was the bailout for the people? Regular people got no Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #17
The actual cost of the bailouts may never be calculated. meaculpa2011 Dec 2014 #18
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