{"id":1569,"date":"2011-10-25T23:20:42","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T03:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=1569"},"modified":"2011-10-25T23:20:42","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T03:20:42","slug":"wall-street-is-still-out-of-control-and-why-obama-should-call-for-glass-steagall-and-a-breakup-of-big-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/10\/25\/wall-street-is-still-out-of-control-and-why-obama-should-call-for-glass-steagall-and-a-breakup-of-big-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"Wall Street is Still Out of Control, and Why Obama Should Call for Glass-Steagall and a Breakup of Big Banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the bailout, the biggest banks are bigger than ever. Twenty years ago the ten largest banks on the Street held 10 percent of America\u2019s total bank assets. Now they hold over 70 percent. <\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.I doubt the President will be condemning the Street\u2019s antics, or calling for a resurrection of Glass-Steagall and a breakup of the biggest banks. Democrats are still too dependent on the Street\u2019s campaign money.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s too bad. You don\u2019t have to be an occupier of Wall Street to conclude the Street is still out of control. And that\u2019s bad for all of us.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href='http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/wall-street-is-still-out-of-control-and-why-obama-should-call-for-glass-steagall-and-a-breakup-of-big-banks-2011-10'>Robert Reich: Wall Street is Still Out of Control, and Why Obama Should Call for Glass-Steagall and a Breakup of Big Banks<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the bailout, the biggest banks are bigger than ever. Twenty years ago the ten largest banks on the Street held 10 percent of America\u2019s total bank assets. Now they hold over 70 percent. &#8230;.I doubt the President will be condemning the Street\u2019s antics, or calling for a resurrection of Glass-Steagall and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/10\/25\/wall-street-is-still-out-of-control-and-why-obama-should-call-for-glass-steagall-and-a-breakup-of-big-banks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wall Street is Still Out of Control, and Why Obama Should Call for Glass-Steagall and a Breakup of Big Banks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,34],"tags":[381,1552,3434],"class_list":["post-1569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-fed-banks-interest-rates","category-us-canada-countries-regions","tag-banks","tag-glass-steagall","tag-too-big-to-fail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wall Street is Still Out of Control, and Why Obama Should Call for Glass-Steagall and a Breakup of Big Banks - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wall Street is Still Out of Control, and Why Obama Should Call for Glass-Steagall and a Breakup of Big Banks - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the wake of the bailout, the biggest banks are bigger than ever. 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