Polling data from Gallup
It was pretty clear that the GOP candidates were trying to pin the blame for big out-of control-banks on 'big government'. Polls show that 'Big Government' is very unpopular, even among democrats, so it make sense to try to pin all the bad stuff going on on 'Big Government'. But this really makes no sense and the arguments were all over the place and also quite contradictory. Wall Street on Parade has a good summary of several of the issues.
http://The Republican Debate: Almost Every ‘Fact’ About Wall Street Was False
There were so many incorrect statements its hard to even summarize them, but you can be sure its all the fault of "Big Government"
Interestingly this is a more recent phenomena even for republicans, but its also applies to democrats.
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This post was crossposted from my personal blog here:
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