http://www.daveburris.com/diy-financial-reform/ digital media | small business | delaware Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:57:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.daveburris.com/diy-financial-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-4519 Tim Pancoast Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:59:18 +0000 http://www.daveburris.com/?p=2078#comment-4519 Whenever possible I think it is preferable to enact consumer driven reforms, so I agree with this type of action even if I question the motives of some of the people pushing it. It helps me to remember that the progressives didn't create this idea, but they have repackaged it and created a marketing campaign that may be more appealing to a large segment of the population that wouldn't normally listen to the typical libertarian pitch about the evils of the Federal Reserve and banking system. There have been people urging the public to get their money out of the big banks for a long time, they just didn't present the message in a way that is palatable to many people. Whenever possible I think it is preferable to enact consumer driven reforms, so I agree with this type of action even if I question the motives of some of the people pushing it. It helps me to remember that the progressives didn’t create this idea, but they have repackaged it and created a marketing campaign that may be more appealing to a large segment of the population that wouldn’t normally listen to the typical libertarian pitch about the evils of the Federal Reserve and banking system. There have been people urging the public to get their money out of the big banks for a long time, they just didn’t present the message in a way that is palatable to many people.

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