Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) was prescient when he gave this speech in the Senate on November 4, 1999 regarding the Gramm Leach Bliley Act.
Yes, Virginia, Senator Dorgan saw a light at the end of the tunnel and he knew a train was coming. He knew it wasn’t sunshine and that the passage of the Gramm Leach Bliley Act would eventually bring down our economy.
Part 1
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvnO_SH-4WU)
Part 2
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veAOoQEy0PI)
Did you hear Senator Dorgan say “Too big to fail“? These words are so familiar to us. Unfortunately, Congress didn’t heed Senator Dorgan’s words. He predicted that we would be visiting the failures in 10 to 15 years as a result of passing the Gramm Leach Bliley Act and Congress didn’t listen.
(h/t to skymutt at Daily Kos)
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Sen Dorgan nailed it with the time of the financial meltdown.
Screwed by NY “Bankers” again (2x in 75 years) – surprise, surprise.
“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Sir Winston Churchill