All this fancy footwork is to prevent a run on the TBTF banks, in order to keep their derivatives casino going with our money. Warren Buffett called derivatives "weapons of financial mass destruction," and many commentators warn that they are a time bomb waiting to explode. When that happens, our deposits, our pensions, and our public investment funds will all be subject to confiscation in a "bail in." Perhaps it is time to pull our money out of Wall Street and set up our own banks -- banks that will serve the people because they are owned by the people.
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