tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post6710843982300794279..comments2024-03-28T03:00:07.229-04:00Comments on Rational Nation USA: On Regulation/Deregulation and the Financial CollapseLes Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-44595712817635297372012-02-26T00:48:19.708-05:002012-02-26T00:48:19.708-05:00Naturally, after all it is the rule of making the ...Naturally, after all it is the rule of making the irrational rational. BTW, we have crony capitalism not real capitalism. Never have and likely never will.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-85617400252398268792012-02-22T03:45:55.773-05:002012-02-22T03:45:55.773-05:00Ignoring the broader picture again I see. Another ...Ignoring the broader picture again I see. Another vote for more regs. Simply because they are government regs.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-79965697599793987092012-02-21T23:00:29.030-05:002012-02-21T23:00:29.030-05:00How does that put it on the regulations?
In cases...How does that put it on the <em>regulations</em>?<br /><br />In cases like this, it is usually not regulation or deregulation, but rather <em>non-regulation</em> - not regulating activities that may cause serious harm to the people.<br /><br />Regulatory policy in general has been a particular mess for well over 30 years now, and certainly it played it's part, but there were plays going on out there while the government turned a blind eye.<br /><br />We have to mind the store.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-82343219170101897542012-02-21T09:19:23.697-05:002012-02-21T09:19:23.697-05:00Fannie and Freddie were not covered by the bailout...Fannie and Freddie were not covered by the bailout and could still fail.<br />Fannie and Freddie were not the recipients of all the profit made on those house loans.<br />Regulations were not the problem. Greedy capitalists were.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com