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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (173303)	10/8/2011 1:54:31 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542200

The rich and powerful have been tweeking the laws of the US in their favor aggressively for 30 years now. MOst people have no idea what is going on behind closed dooes and congress is paid off to keep quiet. When legislators take money for campaigns they are expected do what people who gave them that money want them to do. They had better do it. The little guy only has the person with a conscience on their side.

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (173303)	10/8/2011 6:55:00 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 542200

>>The bill that ultimately repealed the Act was introduced in the Senate by Barney Frank and in the House of Representatives by Jim Leach(R- Iowa) in 1999.<< Is that from Wikipedia? Because it's wrong. Barney Frank could not have introduced the bill to repeal Glass-Steagall in the Senate, because he has never been a member of the Senate. Since 1981 he has been a member of the House of Representatives. People seem to want to blame Frank for all kinds of thing he's had little or nothing to do with.