tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post1494053161042398427..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Bryan on the banks ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-32309718656017917392009-01-31T16:09:00.000-05:002009-01-31T16:09:00.000-05:00I completely agree, Maxine, regarding your first s...I completely agree, Maxine, regarding your first suggestion. Of course, our brilliant Congresspeople passed a law penalizing banks if they didn't lend to those with insufficient security. As for Obama, my attitude is to wait and see. <BR/>The Blair comparison seems apt, though. Blair certainly was greeted with enthusiasm when first elected.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-63381062804853477622009-01-31T15:41:00.000-05:002009-01-31T15:41:00.000-05:00I personally think it is quite simple - pass a law...I personally think it is quite simple - pass a law saying that banks can only lend to those with adequate securty. (ie like they used to be, and like mutuals in the UK still are - or at least, those of them that have not converted to stock-listed banks out of greed, eg Halifax, Alliance & Leicester etc).<BR/><BR/>As for your Congress suggestion - this may be, but that decent chap you just elected President will help a lot. He reminds me quite a bit of Tony Blair (who would be making a far better job of things over here just now than Ghastly Gordon Boring Brown).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com