https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/20/how-to-cut-the-big-banks-down-to-size/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 08:17:02 -0400<![CDATA[Why? Mr. Fisher argued that megabanks not only threaten taxpayers with bailouts, but that their continuing failure to lend is also thwarting the Fed’s efforts to jump-start the economy by keeping interest rates low. “I submit that these institutions, as a result of their privileged status, exact an unfair tax upon the American people,” he told his audience. “Moreover, they interfere with the transmission of monetary policy and inhibit the advancement of our nation’s economic prosperity.”]]>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:45:03 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/20/how-to-cut-the-big-banks-down-to-size-n99414