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The ‘Smart Regulation’ Scam
FinkelBlog ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 03/11/2009 5:29:03 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Are today’s politicians and bureaucrats smarter than the ones we had a few years ago? Apparently so, since the new fad in the political set is to claim that we can avoid future financial crises via “smarter” regulation.

We saw a perfect example of the phenomenon on Morning Joe today. First in a clip from Tim Geithner, then in live comments by two pundits, all agreed that smarter regulation is our salvation.

There are only a few little problems with that theory . . .

View video here.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: freemarkets; morningjoe; regulation; timgeithner

1 posted on 03/11/2009 5:29:05 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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Smart regulation scam ping to Today show list. Is Nancy Pelosi smarter than Newt Gingrich?


2 posted on 03/11/2009 5:30:06 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Conservative criticism of the liberal media: www.finkelblog.com)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I watched Charlie Rose last night and would like to know why Gaither never raises his head and looks straight ahead.
He looks like a little whipped dog.


3 posted on 03/11/2009 5:40:48 AM PDT by oldtimer2 (Most liberals think that water runs down hill, but, thank God it will never reach the bottom .)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Let markets be markets. = The customer is always right*?

*The customer was not right in the last election, but then the information had been regulated by the MSM.

4 posted on 03/11/2009 6:11:00 AM PDT by stayathomemom (Cat herder and empty nester)
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