[Peace-discuss] McCain campaign tied to bailout causes

[mark bee]

C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> Altho' it was Clinton and the Democrats who brought us financial
> deregulation,

ROFL   Don't forget to check out that last link when govtrack comes back up. IIRC, every Republican in the senate voted for Gramm-Leach-Bliley.  Every Dem but one voted against it.


 Gramm's sordid role is well known.  See e.g. the
> leading left newsletter on the web:
> <http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn09202008.html>.  --CGE

  Dang, scooped by Cockburn!  lol  Guess he took time out from denying 
global warming.  ;)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/alexander-cockburn-the-l_b_48956.html



--- On Mon, 9/29/08, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:

> From: C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] McCain campaign tied to bailout causes
> To: cbee1uiucedu at yahoo.com
> Cc: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
> Date: Monday, September 29, 2008, 2:03 PM
> Altho' it was Clinton and the Democrats who brought us
> financial deregulation,
> Gramm's sordid role is well known.  See e.g. the
> leading left newsletter on the
> web:
> <http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn09202008.html>. 
> --CGE
> 
> 
> mark bee wrote:
> > I thought it might be useful to post this here where
> folks can get some use
> > out of it.  Been doing a little digging on our current
> deregulation "crisis",
> > and apparently "whiners" authority Phil
> Gramm (recently fired from
> > co-chairing McCain's campaign and probably still
> his pick for Treasury
> > Secretary) has his fingerprints all over it.  It's
> amazing what you can do
> > with Google these days.
> > 
> > Wonder why we don't see this in the media - even
> the progressive media? ;)
> > 
> >
> http://losangeles.injuryboard.com/miscellaneous/the-subprime-mess-and-phil-gramm-an-experiment-in-deregulation.aspx?googleid=242468
> > 
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > http://tinyurl.com/5lh83s
> > 
> > Also:
> > 
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramm-Leach-Bliley_Act
> > 
> > And who voted for it:
> > 
> >
> http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s106-900#votes
> > 
> > Whatever progressive reforms you favor, the money that
> would have paid for
> > them is still in the process of being shunted to the
> investor class as we
> > speak.
> > 
> > But who to tell?
> > 
> > Call Amy Goodman!   =)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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