
Originally Posted by
pseudolus
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, was a busy boy in the last couple of weeks lobbying with his best mate obomba to repeal the Lincoln Amendment of the Frank Dodd act.
Before the oil price fell through the floor, the banking lobby didn't really care about this too much. However this amendment stopped bankers from risking depositors funds on their stupid risky derivative bets so when the "too big to fail" banks realised that they are in the hole for trillions of dollars of derivatives lost bets, they needed to claw some of this back. Repealing the Lincoln Amendment means that 5% of their losses are now covered by the money deposited by the man in the street with these sociopath gambling addicts.
5% is not that much they say. Well, To Big To Fail banks are on the hook for TRILLIONS of dollars in oil derivatives. Trillions.
So some of their losses will of course be paid for by the tax payers, but now, thanks to obomba and his funder, friend, advisor and partner in crime Jamie Demon, the depositors in these shark banks are picking up the tab.
Another win for US democracy.