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Hillary knows how to break up the big banks. (Original Post) thesquanderer Apr 2016 OP
And yell "CUT IT OUT !" rickford66 Apr 2016 #1
All the sarcastic comments in the world won't change the fact that... iandhr Apr 2016 #2
Sanders' answer was fine. thesquanderer Apr 2016 #4
oh, now you stop that, ya here? ViseGrip Apr 2016 #3
+1000 FreakinDJ Apr 2016 #5
You have been a very bad bank Red Oak Apr 2016 #6

iandhr

(6,852 posts)
2. All the sarcastic comments in the world won't change the fact that...
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 09:51 AM
Apr 2016

... she actually has a specific plan to reform wall street and Sanders doesn't.


"Break up the banks." I agree. What is your plan for doing so is a reasonable followup question. The fact that he couldn't answer when first asked is troubling.

thesquanderer

(11,986 posts)
4. Sanders' answer was fine.
Wed Apr 6, 2016, 09:55 AM
Apr 2016

When the government says that something must be broken up (as they have done in the past with monopolies), it is not up to the government to decide *how* that breakup is to be done. The company is supposed to come up with their own plan that they think will address the concerns, submit that plan to the government, and then the government can approve it (or not, if they think it does not adequately address the concern). It is not the job of the government to create the plan. So Sanders is exactly right in the interview, when his answer to exactly how they would be broken up was:

that is their decision as to what they want to do and how they want to reconfigure themselves. That's not my decision.

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