Posted on 06/28/2010 2:35:59 AM PDT by Scanian
The Dodd-Frank Act to "reform" Wall Street isn't yet a sure thing, votes-wise. New York's congressional delegation can still do the right thing for the city and state -- and should vote against this bad bill.
The measure would bring New York's strongest banks and investment firms down to the level of the weakest, and turn Gotham's premier industry into a collectivist monolith with no incentive to control risk.
And, in a move that's guaranteed to push jobs out of New York, the feds want big investment firms, insurers and hedge funds to front $20 billion in two years for a "financial crisis special assessment fund." All this does is give funds time to send assets abroad to escape the fee.
The compromises hammered out by Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and others don't address their bill's fatal flaws -- starting with the bill's disastrous effort to end taxpayer bailouts.
The obvious -- and correct -- way to end Wall Street rescues is to let a failed financial firm go bankrupt. That is, the people who invested in a failed company -- including bondholders, people owed money on derivatives and other lenders -- should take the losses.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Kill the Bill. It is bad for NY and bad for America.
Well Well Well then there’s THIS:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2542843/posts
Well, “Sheets” Byrd did his part to help delay it’s passage.
That’s one less vote for the 60 needed to pass it before the July 4 recess.....
For the life of me, I don’t understand why Dodd and Frank aren’t in prison right now.
Yes, I’m perfectly serious.
Why does anyone think they don't want that to happen, especially the risk part? Usually incentive to control risk is the possibility of loss. Wouldn't they want they boys in the US government to make sure any and all loss is covered by the trusty tax payer slaves?
Supposedly, there are rumblings of discontent among the RINOs who supported it because of new taxes added onto the bill in the conference committeee.
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