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SharonAnn

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7. Let's see - Times when we were more "bank-friendly" and "investment friendly" resulted in:

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jan 6, 2025, 03:05 PM

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1929 Stock market crash and ensuing depression
More recently:
1980's Savings and Loan collapse
Enron
Bernie Madoff pyramid scheme
Need for Sarbanes Oxley regulation
2008 banking collapse spreading worldwide.

Others but can't remember off the top of my head. "When will they ever learn?"

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