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44. The chipping away of Dodd-Frank

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 05:59 AM

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and persistent attempts to gut the CPFB, are setting us up for yet another "Groundhog Day" repeat cycle, where the GOP crashes the economy and Democrats are brought in out of voter disgust, but are then forced to waste time trying to fix it, and get blamed for the hard work needed to fix it.

Time to break out of this idiotic cycle.

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Alan Greenspan, economist and longtime head of the Federal Reserve, dies at 100 [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 22 OP

Happy Days Are Here Again bucolic_frolic Jun 22 #1

About Fucking time GCG Jun 22 #2

Why do people like him and Kissinger live so long? raccoon Jun 22 #3

because they are ungodly wealthy and afford the best treatment. Javaman Jun 22 #5

And Dick Cheney. And now Donald Trump...only 80, but who has done 100 years BComplex Jun 22 #8

how about that. nt Javaman Jun 22 #4

My mother taught me to speak only good of the dead. Martin Eden Jun 22 #6

It should be noted... GiqueCee Jun 22 #7

Ayn Rand still lives on in the republican party, and in the academia of the University of BComplex Jun 22 #9

Likewise, I'm sure... GiqueCee Jun 22 #12

my uncle gave me the paperbacks he bought for his wife. i tried to read atlas shrugged. i couldn't finish the1st pansypoo53219 Jun 22 #29

"Rand hated altruism in any and every form, and ranted against it at every possible opportunity." BumRushDaShow Jun 22 #11

Why write Rand's real name? nt SouthBayDem Jun 22 #13

Why not? GiqueCee Jun 22 #14

Never knew her real name mountain grammy Jun 22 #16

Back in the sixties... GiqueCee Jun 22 #20

Ironically radical noodle Jun 22 #10

Another Ayn Rand kook that destroyed this country. Good riddance! OhioBack2Blue Jun 22 #15

Greenspan read Atlas Shrugged lildDemz Jun 22 #17

Yet, just another Republican popsdenver Jun 22 #18

Good riddance. Aristus Jun 22 #19

Let me know where they're planting him. TygrBright Jun 22 #21

We Come To Bury Greenspan modrepub Jun 22 #22

He caused a great deal of real harm. Chaunceuy was just a puppet. Martin68 Jun 22 #28

He did a lot of economic damage. Grins Jun 22 #23

RIP. He served his country the best he thought fit. Did not enriched himself question everything Jun 22 #24

Here BumRushDaShow Jun 22 #25

why bring image from, when 1978? And, Ayn Rand was pro choice, for what its is worth question everything Jun 22 #36

Libertarians like Rand & Ron Paul and even idiots like Bill Maher, are also "pro-choice" BumRushDaShow Jun 22 #37

Hmm. PuraVidaDreamin Jun 22 #26

I don't believe "he was always honest in acknowledging his mistakes." Martin68 Jun 22 #27

how did he knot know INFLATION. he fucked up the social security fix BIG TIME. pansypoo53219 Jun 22 #30

Fascist slime shouldn't live this long. BlueTsunami2018 Jun 22 #31

Good effing riddance Wild blueberry Jun 22 #32

He probably should have stuck to the clarinet n/t BaronChocula Jun 22 #33

Sorry, Alan, you just couldn't put off dying forever. generalbetrayus Jun 22 #34

He's one of the he-men who silenced and marginalized Brooksley Born after she.. CousinIT Jun 22 #35

Here I thought guys stopped reading Ayn Rand at the age when their acne cleared up GenThePerservering Jun 22 #38

He gets a lot of hate, but the economy really boomed under him in the 90s Polybius Jun 22 #39

And then 2007 happened, leaving Bernanke with a nightmare thanks to his predecessor's policies. BumRushDaShow Jun 22 #40

True Polybius Tuesday #43

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Condolences to those that cared for him. Maru Kitteh Jun 22 #41

He's not dead. LudwigPastorius Jun 22 #42

Why the celebrating? The Grand Illuminist Tuesday #45