Gramm: Glass Steagall Repeal Irrelevant

Phil Gramm, the former Republican Senator from Texas who co-wrote the act that undid Glass-Steagall, has our DQotD:

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“I’ve never seen any evidence to substantiate any claim that this current financial crisis had anything to do with Gramm-Leach-Bliley. In fact, you couldn’t have had the assisted takeovers you had. More institutions would have failed.”

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Your dumb Quote of the Day is sponsored by Cognitive Dissonance, a Nasdaq Company . . .

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Sources:
Wall Street Faces ‘Live Ammo’ as Congress Aims to Unravel Banks
Alison Vekshin and Robert Schmidt
Bloomberg, November 12 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=az7AcisnxsCA&pos=11

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