REGULATING WALL STREET AND THE ECONOMY
THE DYLAN RATIGAN SHOW


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/36233217#36233217

Dylan Ratigan Explains 'Con Job': Greenspan, Banks, Congress To Blame

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/07/dylan-ratigan-explains-co_n_529363.html

Dylan Ratigan sought to explain the causes and scope of the of the financial crisis Wednesday.

Calling it a "con job," Ratigan identified former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan as a godfather-like figure at the helm of the alleged scam. Ratigan argued that Greenspan's decisions to keep interest rates at low levels benefitted banks who used the low borrowning rates to lure Americans into taking out more and more loans. Banks didn't maintain enough capital, but that didn't matter, Ratigan said, because--thanks to the government's support of too-big-to-fail banks--the system was rigged and they stood to gain no matter what happened to the loans that they made. Ratigan blamed Congress for "feeding the money" to banks and not looking out for Americans