tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post3664889075746317512..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: Too Big to Fail Banks Are ShrinkingNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-1829691831985219932015-03-02T08:37:45.949-06:002015-03-02T08:37:45.949-06:00^^+1000. Cosign. President Obama knew what he was ...^^+1000. Cosign. President Obama knew what he was doing all along.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-27117998664269931792015-03-02T08:06:24.054-06:002015-03-02T08:06:24.054-06:00It also helps to read Tim Geithner's book &quo...It also helps to read Tim Geithner's book "Stress Test" to understand what he *actually* *did* instead of the hysteria written *about* it.Toon Moenehttp://moene.org/~toonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-45664844467315733122015-03-01T13:23:57.147-06:002015-03-01T13:23:57.147-06:00All the breast-beating over PBO's hiring of in...All the breast-beating over PBO's hiring of insiders missed the MAJOR point that such people serve at the president's pleasure. Having those who KNOW the system be a willing part of changing it makes far more likely that change will succeed. He did not take on corporate shills. He took on knowledgeable people who were willing to follow his lead, and yes, it's working. It might have been emotionally satisfying to nationalize banks - but someone should have remembered the SCOTUS outcomes when Truman briefly did that to the steel companies. And letting them just collapse? Well we'd have poverty especially among elders whose entire savings would have been wiped out beyond what FDIC could cover. So sorry, PUBs - this works. Chaos doesn't. Let's move on to other things. Thank you for this link, Nancy. Your ability to find great articles for us to read keeps us well informed.Churchladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189667700112500485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-14989255481778230192015-03-01T09:47:22.250-06:002015-03-01T09:47:22.250-06:00DITTO!DITTO!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-70475688112988370602015-03-01T08:35:22.347-06:002015-03-01T08:35:22.347-06:00Lovin' your insights on this. Thanks for all y...Lovin' your insights on this. Thanks for all your great reporting.Tien Lenoreply@blogger.com