Northern California's community bankers support a plan to bolster the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as the financial system continues to reel from the ripple effects of the collapsing credit bubble. "We have never had to spend a single penny of taxpayer money on FDIC insurance," said Leland Chan, general counsel of the California Bankers Association. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.