Is he going to cite examples of these horrible regulations that are ruining the country so we can debate their merits, or just talk about how they exist and we're just supposed to trust him?

sure they want to help...themselves to your money

ParallelUniverseParking: [t3.gstatic.com image 243x207]

This^

If your savings interest rates continue to go down while your bank executive salaries go up by many many multiples of that rate, your bank may not give two shiats about you.

//hint: your bank does not give two shiats about you.

Lionel Mandrake: ManateeGag: Exactly what is he putting on that pizza?

Based on the one time I had Godfathers, I'd say roadkill, lawn clippings and ketchup.

So.... basically what he found on his electrified fence (insert "salsa" for "ketchup" though).

Ah yes, the indeterminate mean old government that destroys businesses with REGULATIONS!

There's no need to be specific. Just accept it.

Tune in next week for the following advice from the GOP:

I'm sorry to hear you have leukemia. The only solution is to stop meddling with your body's natural immune system and end chemotherapy immediately.

Your house got broken into? Obviously you need to get rid of the locks. Hell, just remove the doors altogether.

People are driving too fast through your neighborhood? Just get rid of the speed limit signs!

Regulations are so bad that corporations are sitting on record profits and we still have 9% unemployment.

Trivia Jockey: I continue to be amazed at how all the GOP candidates are screaming for less bank/Wall St. regulation, right after those very people screwed over consumers because of a lack of regulation.

LOGIC, MOTHERF---ERS, USE IT

If you stick to the idea that the CRA caused the mortgage meltdown and Fannie/Freddie were the driving forces behind the economic collapse, then it isn't that hard to say that government is the sole problem.

All you have to do is ignore the unregulated credit market and the removal of restrictions related to investment/insurance/commercial banking co-mingling in the same company and you're set.

Just think, if McCain had been elected President, Phil Gramm could've been the Secretary of the Treasury as we spend 5 years recovering from the removal of regulations in the bill that he created. It's like rain on your wedding day.

Trivia Jockey: I continue to be amazed at how all the GOP candidates are screaming for less bank/Wall St. regulation, right after those very people screwed over consumers because of a lack of regulation.

LOGIC, MOTHERF---ERS, USE IT

Do you think it's coincidence these people also tend to be highly religious?

US exceptionalism. Teh Jeebus. The innate perfection of the free market.

We're talking about minds that are innately drawn to (and need) dogma. Dogma provides order in an otherwise chaotic and random universe.

banks should be able to do whatever they want with the money in their bank, its their money right? you gave it to them...

Trivia Jockey: AkaDad: Regulations are so bad that corporations are sitting on record profits and we still have 9% unemployment.

You get an e-cookie. Well said.

Thanks. I've been a Farker for 4 years and this is my first cookie.

Trivia Jockey: AkaDad: Trivia Jockey: AkaDad: Regulations are so bad that corporations are sitting on record profits and we still have 9% unemployment.

You get an e-cookie. Well said.

Thanks. I've been a Farker for 4 years and this is my first cookie.

They're very rare these days.

Since the bank started hoarding them all those bastards. I've been a farker since '01, and I was the Cookie-farkin' monster back in my day!

MachineHead: Trivia Jockey: AkaDad: Trivia Jockey: AkaDad: Regulations are so bad that corporations are sitting on record profits and we still have 9% unemployment.

You get an e-cookie. Well said.

Thanks. I've been a Farker for 4 years and this is my first cookie.

They're very rare these days.

Since the bank started hoarding them all those bastards. I've been a farker since '01, and I was the Cookie-farkin' monster back in my day!

I SUPPORT A RETURN TO A COOKIE BACKED FARKONOMY.

Trivia Jockey: sprawl15: I SUPPORT A RETURN TO A COOKIE BACKED FARKONOMY.

The 1% should not get all the deliciousness!!

Virulency: banks should be able to do whatever they want with the money in their bank, its their money right? you gave it to them...

I lol'd, new keyboard, etc.

"George, let me help you..."

"Here's how you encourage the banks: Remove barriers that are keeping them from doing business the way they want to," Cain said.

THAT WAS THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE.

ManateeGag: Exactly what is he putting on that pizza?

Mushrooms. Lots of mushrooms.

AkaDad: Regulations are so bad that corporations are sitting on record profits and we still have 9% unemployment.

Damn right.
/clap

Yeah. That's why, instead of using big bailout checks they got to lend more money out to people, they bought out their smaller competitors.

FTA: "Here's how you encourage the banks: Remove barriers that are keeping them from doing business the way they want to," Cain said.

Yes, we're all aware of the way they want to do business. They want to make bad loans and shuffle them off to some poor sap who doesn't know any better. But, you see, not too long ago we all realized that wasn't tennable. I'm not sure where you were, but let me fill you in. When the house of cards fell down, the banks asked the government for a huge bailout. This scenario has happened twice in my lifetime, and I'm only 37.

Again?!? That trick never works!

Trivia Jockey: AkaDad: Trivia Jockey: AkaDad: Regulations are so bad that corporations are sitting on record profits and we still have 9% unemployment.

You get an e-cookie. Well said.

Thanks. I've been a Farker for 4 years and this is my first cookie.

They're very rare these days.

Probably all that uncertainty in the air.

vernonFL: Cain is not a serious candidate and people should stop paying attention to him.

20- - hell even ten - years ago I would say that's a fair statement. The problem is that with each passing cycle the idiots are gaining more and more validity. There is nothing alarmist or paranoid about the idea that one of these dickwidgets could actually obtain serious political power. I don't really see that in 2012, but 2016 isn't long off. You and I both will still be alive to see the moment America finally lost its sh*t, likely to thunderous applause.

CanonicalNerd: Yes, we're all aware of the way they want to do business. They want to make bad loans and shuffle them off to some poor sap who doesn't know any better. But, you see, not too long ago we all realized that wasn't tennable. I'm not sure where you were, but let me fill you in. When the house of cards fell down, the banks asked the government for a huge bailout. This scenario has happened twice in my lifetime, and I'm only 37.

Again?!? That trick never works!

I always picture Republican voters like Elmer Fudd, and the Republican party like Bugs Bunny.

Fudd: But I'm poor now!
Bugs: Eh [munch munch munch] We didn't do that doc.
Fudd: Weally?
Bugs: No, no doc it was those liberals. They did that to ya. Fannie and Freddie and all that.
Fudd: They did?
Bugs: Sure doc! Just let me remove some regulations and you be just fine!
Fudd: Well......ok......

My credit score just dropped 60 points because I went on a business trip on short notice and my company made me pay for it out of pocket, only reimbursing me afterwards. I used 75% of my credit limit and paid it off within a week.

Sure, corporations don't screw you, and the banks don't either.