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Holy shit. Is there a Shill-O-The-Day contest on the alt right for the ability to . . . . . (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Feb 2017 OP
You caught that to............... Old Vet Feb 2017 #1
Yeah who the hell was that? It wasn't a question; it was a speech. nolabear Feb 2017 #2
It was embarrassingly obvious eleny Feb 2017 #3
That was crazy. How did anyone even keep a straight face? skylucy Feb 2017 #4
That was Sean Davis from The Federalist: demmiblue Feb 2017 #5
Maybe that skype guy moonlights as a gay escort world wide wally Feb 2017 #6
HRJ41 doesn't even have anything to do with financial regulations, either. joshcryer Feb 2017 #7

Old Vet

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1. You caught that to...............
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 02:55 PM
Feb 2017

Yeah, Now that you just happen to mention regulations were about to cut the fuck out of dodd-frank

joshcryer

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7. HRJ41 doesn't even have anything to do with financial regulations, either.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 03:09 PM
Feb 2017

With regards to the guy calling in from Vegas, Vegas had a big recession due to the financial crisis, etc, and he pulls HRJ41 out of his ass.

HRJ41 allows for unfettered "resource extraction" without disclosure.

https://legiscan.com/US/text/HJR41/2017

https://www.sec.gov/info/smallbus/secg/resource-extraction-small-entity-compliance-guide.htm

This changes little from the point of view of the consumer except that it allows resource extractors to cook the books, as it were, in fancy ways. Could lead to instability in the way resources are extracted, but it wouldn't really be felt.

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