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	<title>Comments on: Banks that are &#8220;too big to fail?&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: Eric Jones</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eric Jones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the poll. It&#039;s an interesting question in this time folks are questioning the actual impact of  Adam Smith&#039;s &quot;invisible hand.&quot;

I feel in a country that broke up Ma Bell, took Microsoft to court (&amp; prevented them from absorbing Intuit) and (long ago) trust-butsted Standard Oil, the government should use policy to encourage practices that best suit consumers and competition. Monopolies and juggernauts should be discouraged especially where practices ultimately lead to reduced levels of home ownership and household savings. This, of course, also requires consumers to take their medicine and not stretch themselves too thin on somebody else&#039;s money.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the poll. It&#8217;s an interesting question in this time folks are questioning the actual impact of  Adam Smith&#8217;s &#8220;invisible hand.&#8221;</p>
<p>I feel in a country that broke up Ma Bell, took Microsoft to court (&amp; prevented them from absorbing Intuit) and (long ago) trust-butsted Standard Oil, the government should use policy to encourage practices that best suit consumers and competition. Monopolies and juggernauts should be discouraged especially where practices ultimately lead to reduced levels of home ownership and household savings. This, of course, also requires consumers to take their medicine and not stretch themselves too thin on somebody else&#8217;s money.</p>
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		<title>By: Ginny Brady</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ginny Brady</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It was disclosed today that the FBI is investigating the policies and practices of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman&#039;s and AIG (among others). It remains to be seen if dishonesty and illegal subterfuge is involved in the failures. If there was criminal activity, I think that would complicate the question you pose in this poll. The question might become did the size contribute to the criminal activity?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was disclosed today that the FBI is investigating the policies and practices of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman&#8217;s and AIG (among others). It remains to be seen if dishonesty and illegal subterfuge is involved in the failures. If there was criminal activity, I think that would complicate the question you pose in this poll. The question might become did the size contribute to the criminal activity?</p>
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