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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
Sat Oct 6, 2012, 11:07 PM Oct 2012

Why Romney's Attack On Dodd-Frank Is BS? Look at his biggest contributors...

In case you needed more information about the fact that Romney is perhaps the biggest pathological liar to ever run for office.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/contriball.php


Goldman Sachs $891,140

Bank of America $668,139

JPMorgan Chase & Co $663,219

Morgan Stanley $649,847

Credit Suisse Group $554,066


http://articles.marketwatch.com/2012-08-28/economy/33443500_1_mitt-romney-securities-and-investment-industry-north-star-opinion-research

TAMPA, Fla. (MarketWatch) — Political donors with Wall Street ties are betting heavily on Mitt Romney, but the candidate’s platform in coming months will be a carefully crafted appeal to a wider audience.
The threat of new government regulations and larger deficits are upping the stakes this election cycle, and, with his more pro-business policies, Romney has captured the lion’s share of contributions made by the securities and investment industry. But to win votes from a wide swath of America, he’ll wrap his support for Wall Street in broader points about growth and reform

“I don’t think it’s a useful message in most corners of the country to talk about what you are doing for Wall Street,” said Sheila Krumholz, executive director at the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit research group based in Washington.

Given his history at investment firm Bain Capital, Romney has a Wall Street sheen.
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Why Romney's Attack On Dodd-Frank Is BS? Look at his biggest contributors... (Original Post) TomCADem Oct 2012 OP
Chris Hayes talked about Romney and Dodd-Frank on his show. Jim__ Oct 2012 #1

Jim__

(14,077 posts)
1. Chris Hayes talked about Romney and Dodd-Frank on his show.
Sat Oct 6, 2012, 11:20 PM
Oct 2012

Joseph Stiglitz was on. Yeah, Romney's full of shit. The bill does identify some "too big to fail banks" - it uses a different label - and it puts extra requirements on them to be sure the taxpayers never have to bail them out. As for "qualified loans" - the federal bureau charged with defining qualified loan did define it - republicans refused to authorize the definition.

They discussed other aspects of the bill Romney is always full 0of shit.

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