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[–] ryry1985@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I think the Great Recession was bound to happen regardless of who was in office, but everything else is correct.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

Wasnt uh.. Werent' the rules rolled back under Clinton? Glass–Steagall . Yeah that was it. Glass–Steagall, which basically separated commercial and investment banking.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Depends. Someone could have seen the writing on the wall and said hey we gotta do something before this goes nuts. Gore strikes me that he would have listened.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Also Gore wouldn't have been so focused on Iraq and WMD and the chaos after.