Republican Senator in Massachusetts?

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Originally Posted by Danzig

i'm not in favor of anything that will add to the taxpayers expense. they're trying to shut the barn door after the horse has been long gone. they should have gotten all this ironed out before handing over the money back when the banks came begging. if i thought the money would come from the ones they are trying to tax, i'd say go for it. but i just know that anything that adds to a businesses expense is going to get passed on to the customer.

The legal agreement the banks signed (under Bush) said they have to pay back the money. The small details of the technical "how" were left blank.

So are you then against any attempts at financial reform of Wall Street? Because they could pass on costs to customers?

Were you against the Consumer Credit Card Protection laws that were just passed?