Obama criticizes Wall Street and defends his reform
Posted by admin | Under business, economy, money, people, resources Friday Apr 23, 2010During a speech Thursday at the University Cooper Union in New York, Barack Obama forcefully defended his plan for banking reform. Faced with dozens of top leaders of institutions in New York, Bush has denounced "the furious efforts of professional lobbyists to shape this legislation in a way that serves their own interests."
Most of the bosses of big banks such as JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America or Morgan Stanley, had not moved to hear this lesson in civics."I am here today because I believe these reforms are ultimately not only in the interests of our country but also in the interest of our financial sector," argued the President of the United States.
"Some on Wall Street have forgotten that behind every dollar borrowed or exchanged is a family that wants to buy a house, finance the studies of one member, create a business or saving for retirement," said Barack Obama. The President relies on the unpopularity of the major New York banks to overcome Republican opposition. The charge of fraud brought against Goldman Sachs by the SEC, U.S. financial markets authority, maintains that state of mind.By their excessive risk taking, the largest financial institutions are held accountable by the crisis that nearly triggered one second Great Depression.
The "surcharge" balance
A version of the financial reform has already been passed in the House of Representatives in December. The text gives the executive the power to dismantle a large financial institution in difficulty. It forces to standardize financial derivatives and to rank them on organized markets transparent. The possibility of requiring commercial banks to abandon their activities altogether derivatives is proposed by some Democrats.
The reform also creates a new agency to regulate financial services to the general public.Barack Obama also wants to cap the size of banks and ban those who have access to the discount window of Federal Reserve to speculate on their own account. The Republican opposition was fierce against the idea of creating a new fund to rescue banks fed by a surcharge for banks. Conservatives see it as an institutionalization of the principle of systematic rescue large banks irresponsible. The possible loss of this part of the reform would respond to their wishes.