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In reply to the discussion: How A 2005 Law to Prevent Bankruptcies Led to the 2008 Recession [View all]Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)26. Bullshit. It is naive to the nth degree that most all banks
don't survive to provide a service and to earn a profit. It is also naive to believe that there wasn't a time when there wasn't abuse of the bankruptcy laws. That is NOT to say a good government shouldn't provide a safety net for those in need. It should !!!
Who are you for? Suggest you spend a fraction of the time you spent grasping at straws to try and defame a potential nominee and use it to highlight that person.

primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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The article that I sited is an opinion piece, a very good one IMO with solid facts to back it.
CentralMass
Apr 2019
#6
That advice wasn't a singular message for your candidate of choice. Then again maybe it was.
CentralMass
Apr 2019
#11
Obama's words were a warning of rigid, doctrinaire progressiveness, you are positing a non sequitur
Celerity
Apr 2019
#13
I never said he was the sole reason, but he did help champions the 2005 Bill through congress
Celerity
Apr 2019
#16
The deregulation of banks during the Bush years and tax cuts, two wars....all
Demsrule86
Apr 2019
#41
like I said, keep on rolling with that tosh that the banks were victims and needed that law
Celerity
Apr 2019
#28
I have put up plenty of OP's defending policies, philosophies, issues, and candidates that I admire
Celerity
Apr 2019
#33
Bernie is not a Democrat. And was Warren in the Senate then? I do believe Ted Kennedy was
Demsrule86
Apr 2019
#39
So now that he touched my shoulder' didn't work, some attempt to blame him for the 2008
Demsrule86
Apr 2019
#38