'Too Big to Fail', remember that term, 'Too Big to Fail' (1999)

[denem]

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Sen Byron Dorgan on the floor opposing Gramm-Leach-Bliley, telling it like it will be:

"I bet some day someone's going to look back at this and say 'How on earth could we have tought that it made sense?'"

[peoli]

1. wow that is amazing

[RoyGBiv]

2. I remember that ...

I was in college at the time. Everyone in the history department was freaking right the hell out.

During a political science seminar thing I did that semester, we watched a lot of congressional testimony about it and debated things in class. Clear lines were drawn between people in the history department and a strong minority of libertarian types from poli-sci.

I want to find each and every one of them and ask about their 401k.

[progressoid]

3. Wow

k/r

[the blues]

4. He's like, Mr. Dorgan Goes to Washington

[Bjorn Against]

5. Too bad he wasn't Secretary of the Treasury he actually had the foresight to try to stop this

[slipslidingaway]

6. In the end he voted to confirm Geithner, but he laid out his

concerns very well, as did Senator Harkin.

He voted against the bailout as well.

[wroberts189]

7. Unbelievable.. talk about prophetic knr

[denem]

8. Kick.

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[Moostache]

9. The floor of the Senate...

a place where the more truth you tell simply causes the volume of your words to be shouted down louder by more monied interests...