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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 10:53 PM Original message |
UK rejects Barack Obama's bank reforms |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Did he wake up with a horses head beside him with a note from Goldman Sachs? |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Depending on how you count, there are only about a dozen UK banks |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. A logical conclusion based solely on protecting profits |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. Apparently they support Obama's action in the US |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Correct, the UK has already done some things, as have we |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Pessimist. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Realist |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I like to give benefit of the doubt before something |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. But you've seen Congress at work before? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I think people learn and grow. |
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BunkerHill24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. United Kingdom is prime for most corrupt financial system in the entire Western democracy |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Right -- AIG Financial Products Group did all those derivatives in London |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. The entire world can see that we are in no position to dictate what reforms other countries 'need'. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Other countries are working to decouple from the US (e.g. France) or to gain leverage (e.g. China) |
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BunkerHill24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. We can't ignore the world economy when our dollar is based on world's |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-22-10 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. What a hoot!! RBS is the single scariest banking entity in the world, |
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