President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law on July 21, 2010. That was supposed to help prevent big banks and financial firms from doing the things that got them into the mess that ultimately led to the 2008 financial crisis.
Guess what? Not much has changed. In fact, the so-called "fat cat bankers" that Obama famously criticized in a "60 Minutes" interview in December 2009 could still stand to lose a few pounds. Kind of like Garfield. Pass the lasagna!
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