I don't know any republican voters that gave the corporations a pass on the mortgage crisis. In fact, most said F**K THEM and wanted them to deal with the mess they created. But the democrats kept telling us the banks were too important to let fail. Then Obama asked bush to support the first bail out package and they all agreed to hand over money with no strings attached. We voters had no say in this. So instead of the banks being made to put that money back in circulation and make loans, they paid each other bonuses and stuck the rest back in the market and continued making money for themselves.

Banks should loan money. Investment firms should handle investments. But we were told that other countries don't restrict banks like that and ours couldn't compete on a global economy if they were limited to just banking