Is anybody else concerned that the GOP seems so dead set against reform on Wall Street?

I'm more concerned that they have gone before the Supreme Court to get the REST of Campaign Finance reform overturned - they really really want those unlimited Corporate campaign funds.

It's not that they're against reform, they just don't want too much reform. Too much reform usually means too much government. I agree, the GOP went to sleep at the wheel during their watch and they have been trying to get back every since. The GOP has offered ideas, but the Democrats won't hear of it. If it isn't something that makes the Government bigger and more powerful, then the Democrat don't want to hear it. However, the GOP seems better at pointing the failures of the Democrats plan than they do promoting their own plan. I think the GOP needs to grow a backbone and be more aggressive at explaining their ideas. I think people would like their ideas if they just knew about them.

What makes you think that not supporting the current bill means the GOP is against financial reform.

Is it possible that they might simply not like this particular bill because it doesn't actually reform anything?

How can the major problem that drove the financial meltdown be addressed without

- reforming Fannie/Freddie

- reforming rating agencies

- reforming derivatives

- reforming the Community Reinvestment Act

- reforming lobbying Congress by Wall Street

- reforming campaign financing.

- reforming Fed reserve

I haven't seen one thing in this bill that actually addresses the problems that drove the housing collapse.

And the exact same game that was being played them, continues to be played, and this bill won't change any of it.

Nobody complained when the housing bubble

- generated huge taxes to government

- triggered home revaluations and raised property taxes to government

- banks and mortgage brokers paid taxes on their deals to government

- every house that was flipped for profit generated sales taxes to government

- the senate and house reps from BOTH parties all enjoyed receiving generous contributions from banks, mortgage brokers, and builders

- builders employed low cost often illegal workers for profit that generated taxes to government

All the players enjoyed the ride, but some how only Wall St. is vilified.

The reform offered by Democrats is the same as their version of health care reform. It simply won't reform anything. Here is an idea to stop the bailouts: Maybe the SEC, a government agency responsible for regulating mergers, should reject proposed mergers that make a company "too big to fail". Instead, every bank that is foreclosed by the FDIC, a government banking agency, has their assets sold to one of the big banks that Congress complains is already "too big to fail" making them even bigger.

Do you actually read the articles?? Not one single article has stated the gop is against reform.

They offered up a reform plan of their own.....so why are Democrats so dead set on pushing through partisan legislation while telling everyone they want to be bipartisan?

And why are liberals too biased to recognize this?? I'm sure you haven't even taken the time to find out what Republicans offered as reform, but here you are, spreading lies and you aren't even smart enough to realize it...

I think this is another case where the Democrats have labeled something as "reform" knowing that their supporters will blindly accept it as such.

...as they did with Credit Card "Reform" which allowed the companies (who are big DNC donors) to increase fees for all customers, stop giving breaks based on good credit and tighten credit for all...

...as they did with Health Care "Reform" which will allow insurance companies (who are big DNC donors) to increase premiums at will because the government has basically prohibited them from managing their own risk (by managing pre-existing conditions)....Oh and let's not forget that the "reform" also handed their donors 30 million new customers who will be fined if they don't pay for the insurance...

No.

Since when do people have to have solutions after saying "No"? I don't see Dems. offering up solutions to Arizona's illegal immigration problem. Napolitano actually cut back money that was going to be used to help stem it.

I'm concerned, but not surprised. They are the party that are bag men and women for big business and Wall Street.

Since when is the GOP siding with the big corporations over the common man so much of a shock?

I can't believe anyone was actually surprised by this.

The GOP needs Wall Street to keep lining their pockets.