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Celerity

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6. fair play, and I absolutely agree with this part:

Reply to snot (Reply #5)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 05:12 PM

Jul 19

That said, Wall St. in general has been inadequately regulated since at least Pres. Clinton's tenure, when Glass Steagall was repealed and the decision was made not to regulate credit derivatives – imho, those two decisions alone made the Great Financial Crash of 2008 inevitable.

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fair play, and I absolutely agree with this part: Celerity Jul 19 #6