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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:53 PM Original message |
Is it possible to "audit" banks ? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's 100% irrelevant to what happened here. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. How so? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It's very relevant |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. They did. The value changes second by second. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. No, they did not honestly value these loans |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. (shrug) Go lodge a fraud complaint with the SEC then. They'll be fascinated to learn of this. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Are you serious? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. There are horror stories from urban areas that attest to what you say. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I live in all white rural America and they did it here too |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Where did I mention race or racism? |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Banks made sub-prime and alt-A loans and then sold those loans into |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. But they should have been audited |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Actually, it's 100% relevant to the issue of credit swaps. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not before Sec. Paulson signs and distributes $700 billion in bailouts |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Bank examiners |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. Exactly What FDR Did In 1932 |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Bingo! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. The FDIC does that already |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. They are audited but the auditors are crooked too |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Yes, these will have to be independent auditors... |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. They're supposed to be independent now. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Is that criminal? |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Yes and Yes. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Another reason why privatization doesn't work instead of a government |
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Liberal Gramma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. FDIC DOES audit banks |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Well, we should know exactly which banks are sound...? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Are you talking commercial banks or investment banks? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. There are no more investment banks. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. In what aspects do you think current FDIC practices are particularly lacking? |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I have no idea... |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. They -do- audit commercial banks regularly, but the effiicacy is open to question |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. All I'm saying is that it would be a good start... |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. No no! You said nothing insulting--I was worried that -I- was sounding insulting |
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Liberal Gramma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Commercial banks |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. They do audit official books of banks. But credit swap derivatives, which are |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
23. Yes, it is. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Unfortunately, the deregulation laws that passed in the meantime |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Yes, that's the way it used to work when I was in banking. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
34. Federal bank examiners work for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. |
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