Chris Dodd: “The need for quick action to end abusive lending practices is more urgent than ever now.”

There's nothing wrong with enlightened self-interest.

The truth is that the catastrophe was years in the making caused by regulatory negligence and Wall Street gambling.

Maybe we ought to be spending a little more time looking at the relationships at that level.

I frankly don't see the sovereignty issue as playing a role as an impediment as much as the sheer ability of the cartels to corrupt.