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Let’s Regulate Barney Frank’s Pay

Posted by David Boaz “Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said Tuesday that he will hold a hearing this fall to examine whether regulators are being tough enough in curbing pay practices at Wall Street firms that can lead to excessively risky practices,” writes Zachary Goldfarb in the Washington Post. Hmmm. “Pay practices that can …

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Barney Frank’s Housing Bubble

We need to be reminded that every time someone tried to stop the expansion of the GSE’s and to try to prevent an expanding housing bubble Chris Dodd or Barney Frank stood up and said there was no reason to worry. They were wrong. But why have they not paid for the mistake? http://biggovernment.com/jdunetz/2010/08/11/blame-barney-frank-for-the-recession-not-george-bush/