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It's the Solution, Not the Problem

MADRICK, JEFF | November 24, 2008 issue

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The article discusses how the push for cutting U.S. taxes and financial industry regulation brought on the U.S. financial crisis, and how U.S. President Bill Clinton got rid of the U.S. Glass-Steagall laws. The author states that U.S. President George W. Bush's administration cut taxes, and eliminated regulation of the banking industry and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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TAXATION; FINANCIAL crises; GOVERNMENT regulation; BUSH, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; UNITED States. Securities & Exchange Commission; UNITED States
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