The Cynic

The U.S. Banking System's Terrifying Balance Sheet

This situation is so entirely laughable. Now is the time when the Puppet (a.k.a. US Administration) is in a position where it can pull the Puppet-Masters' (a.k.a. the Big Banks') strings. If independence was truly desired, the Administration could do something about it. but is it? No. Why? Because the Puppet-Masters still grease the political machine and thus the politician has no real interest in independence. And what do the People do? Nothing, they keep paying their taxes relatively dutifully. Morons the lot of us; maybe there'll be a day when we don't take it any longer.

We Need to Break the Banks

Do you honestly expect Washington politicians whose activities are likely underwritten by those same big banks to do this??!! The quid pro quo for the banks underwriting the activities of the two main political parties is that the politicians will ride to the rescue of the bankers when they f**k up! So in my view the only way it'll change meaningfully is when Americans decide not to pay their taxes or at least make a credible threat not to pay their taxes.

Restoring the Health of the 'Too-Big-to-Fails' Also Restores Them to Power

Like the author, I've got a darker temperment. His scenario is plausible. The current power structure otherwise known as the status quo won't die without a fight, they've got too much at stake. My theory is that the Jekyll Island deal also included an agreement that the banking sector would underwrite the activities of the two main political parties one way or another. So neither the politician nor the banker has any interest in seeing the structure fail despite any rhetoric to the contrary. In the end, the only way the change will come is when Americans either stop paying their taxes or at least make the credible threat thereof. And this would be a monumental task for someone credible to lead and think of the shit that would be thrown her/his way!