YES! There should be more than a handful of banks in the U.S.
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YES! The big banks are now bigger than they were before the crash.
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In two debates, Hillary Clinton stated she will break up the big banks if they pose a threat. In her mind, what do they have to do to pose a treat? The meltdown of the economy and taxpayer bailouts of the past were not enough? What do the largest banks have to do to be a threat in her mind? If (and perhaps when) the largest banks create another economic crisis and need to be bailed out AGAIN, will Clinton then, after the fact, decide they need to be broken up (when its too late)?
Bernie Sanders already knows the largest banks are a threat to the economy and knows they need to be broken up. Local and state banks will be created again. Local community members will be allowed to borrow money from local banks, creating stonger local communities and a stronger overall economy.
And Sanders is right with his implication that certain Wall Street banks will control Clinton. Under Clinton, it is very fair to assume a few banks will become even stronger and more powerful.
Both are right answers actually, the banks should never have been allowed ot get that big, and should be broken up, and the bankers who ripped people off, and did things that led to the crash should be in prison.