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minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoReagan fucked everything up, of course, but we cannot forget about Bill Clinton overseeing the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass–Steagall_legislation
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoClinton had a GOP Congress. If you want a lesson, it’s vote in every election and always mark your ballot to hurt the GOP worse.
minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoand congress had numbers, overwhelming numbers. it was a bi-partisan bill that passed 362-57 & 90-8. it was gonna happen with or without his signature.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoCool. Then make them do it.
minus-squaretimbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoExcept it was passed overwhelmingly. Veto would’ve delayed the inevitable and been amazingly politically stupid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramm–Leach–Bliley_Act
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoOh I guess in that case they just shouldn’t bother vetoing? Yeah no fuck that.
Reagan fucked everything up, of course, but we cannot forget about Bill Clinton overseeing the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass–Steagall_legislation
Clinton had a GOP Congress.
If you want a lesson, it’s vote in every election and always mark your ballot to hurt the GOP worse.
Clinton had veto power.
and congress had numbers, overwhelming numbers. it was a bi-partisan bill that passed 362-57 & 90-8. it was gonna happen with or without his signature.
Cool. Then make them do it.
What’s the point in that?
Except it was passed overwhelmingly. Veto would’ve delayed the inevitable and been amazingly politically stupid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramm–Leach–Bliley_Act
Oh I guess in that case they just shouldn’t bother vetoing? Yeah no fuck that.