Just another Reality-based bubble in the foam of the multiverse.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

If you'll be his friend, he'll give you a dollar



Or several. No risk.

No real solution of the problem, either.

The real problem?

...that Goldman Sachs holds an unelected place inside the government.


Among others.

...We let the banks get out of control and the cost will be enormous; our debt/GDP ratio will in all likelihood rise from around 40% to over 80%. We cannot afford to have the same problem again. We must break the power of banks before they break us all. And if you don’t think banks can do that much damage to economies, just look around outside the United States - the world is full of countries where growth is slowed or distorted by a financial system that becomes too powerful. This is not about tweaking the existing U.S. regulatory system; it is about complete change and - in many senses - turning back the clock to a financial system that was simpler, smaller, and much less dangerous.

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