Wall Street Reform

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   theirishobserver.posted 13 years ago

   Another Big Deal: Wall Street Reform
   
    
   
   
   Good afternoon,
   
   Today, President Obama signed into law the most sweeping reforms of our financial system since the Great Depression and the strongest consumer protections in history.
   
   We've put together a video that walks through what the bill means for the American people:
   
   
   
   Here are a few highlights:
   
   There's now a single agency responsible for looking out for consumers: the Bureau for Consumer Financial Protections. Instead of seven agencies dealing with these issues part-time, one agency will be in charge of establishing clear rules of the road for banks, mortgage companies, payday lenders and credit card lenders.
   Mortgage brokers won't make a higher commission by selling people mortgages that they can't afford. This was a major factor in the recent housing crisis. Now brokers and banks have to take into consideration a borrower's ability to repay before giving a home loan.
   You’ll be able to get a free credit score if you’re denied a loan, an apartment, or a job because of your credit, so you won’t be turned down without knowing why. Right now, you get one free credit report a year, but you can’t see your credit score for free, even if a lender or employer rejects your application because you have bad credit.
   No more bailing out banks with our tax dollars, no more "too big to fail." If a company's in trouble because of risky gambles, it will have to liquidate -- and do so before it can take down the rest of the financial system.
   To learn more and watch the video, head over to WhiteHouse.gov:
   
   http://www.whitehouse.gov/WallStreetReformVideo
   
   Yesterday, under pressure from the President, the Senate overcame a partisan minority and took an important step toward passing an extension of unemployment insurance. We need to keep the pressure on to ensure that there are no more delays and that this assistance gets to our friends and neighbors who lost their jobs during this crisis as soon as possible.
   
   Their struggles are a staggering reminder of how much damage has been done and how many families have had it so tough for so long now -- in no small part due to reckless greed and irresponsibility hundreds or thousands of miles away on Wall Street.
   
   The problem was that year after year, decade after decade, Wall Street gained more and more power in Washington, and they and their allies in Congress fought with everything they had to derail these reforms -- but this time there was a President who fought back, and this time they lost.
   
   Let me tell you something: This President has been fighting for the middle class since Day 1. He stood strong for the Recovery Act that's created or saved 3 million jobs and cut taxes for 95 percent of working families. He fought tooth and nail against the insurance companies to pass health reform after seven previous presidents failed. And now the middle class has won out over the Wall Street lobbyists.
   
   Wall Street reform is a big deal -- and it's only the latest major step forward for the American people.
   
   Sincerely,
   
   Joe Biden
   Vice President
   
   
   P.S.  If you've made it this far, I know you're interested in Wall Street reform. Check out the video, and share it with folks who might find it helpful:
   
   http://www.whitehouse.gov/WallStreetReformVideo

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      Ralph Deedsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks! The bill is an improvement although not perfect.

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   theirishobserver.posted 13 years ago

   Ralph - glad to hear it is an improvement - I depend on your knowledge to get to the bottom of this fine statements

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   Sab Ohposted 13 years ago

   Double dip, here we come! We're in this recession for the loooong haul now.

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   MikeNVposted 13 years ago

   The result of this legislation is more power to the Federal Reserve and more jobs going away.
   
   Corporations are not stupid... they will recognize the threat and take their jobs offshore.
   
   If you are a CEO under the threat of US Regulators you simply take your business eleswhere.  You set up entities that the Government can not regulate.
   
   It's very easy for the entire financial industry to Incorporate out of the country and set up operations offshore.
   
   How are you going to regulate them when their employees are all in India and China?
   
   Brilliant.
   
   And the very best move... this does absolutely nothing to prevent another collapse.
   
   It's all BS.
   
   2,300 pages of crap... supposedly to be written by "Regulators" down the road.
   
   It takes over 38 hours at a minute per page to read 2,300 pages.
   
   This is another Mega Bill that is passed into law and nobody really has any real clue what it does, what it will do, or how it will be implemented.
   
   But one thing for sure... jobs will be leaving, banking fees will go up, and we will have even more Government Employees leaching off what is left of the American Private Sector.
   
   Obama = FAIL.

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