Perfect get rid of the small guys and keep the very few big crooks......................................
Community banks have a lot to fear from the Dodd-Frank financial reforms, which could put half of them out of business, former FDIC Chairman Bill Isaac told CNBC Wednesday.
“The bigger banks can absorb it, the smaller banks can’t,” Isaac, who is now chairman of Fifth Third Bancorp, told Larry Kudlow. “I would not be surprised to see half of the community banks in this country go out of business if we don’t give some relief from Dodd-Frank for them.”
Earlier Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said most of the provisions in the 2010 law were aimed at the largest financial institutions and not community banks.
“We will work to maintain a clear distinction between the community banks and larger institutions in application of the new regulations,” Bernanke said in prerecorded remarks played at a convention of community bankers.
However, Isaac called the sweeping reforms a burden on
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Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.
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