{"id":18949,"date":"2016-03-17T10:49:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T15:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=18949"},"modified":"2016-03-17T10:49:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T15:49:50","slug":"wall-street-bankers-and-lobbyists-move-to-ensure-industry-continues-to-regulate-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=18949","title":{"rendered":"Wall Street Bankers and Lobbyists Move to Ensure Industry Continues to Regulate Itself"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wall Street Bankers and Lobbyists Move to Ensure Industry Continues to Regulate Itself<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Not content with continued prosecutorial immunity and trillions in taxpayer bailouts and backstops, Wall Street banksters are making moves\u00a0to ensure they regulate themselves.<\/p>\n

In case you\u2019re still wondering\u00a0who the real owners of this country are\u2026<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>reports:<\/p>\n

ORLANDO, Fla.\u2014Wall Street\u2019s top lobbying group wants a closer relationship with the policy makers that oversee its member firms.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

John Rogers,\u00a0chairman of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and a top official at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., on Tuesday called for a standing body made up of bankers and regulators to discuss developments in policy, examination and enforcement. A key responsibility for the panel would also involve regularly providing guidance on postcrisis rules and other issues to financial firms.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n