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BadgerMom

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7. "If Treasury and the banking regulators say it's their job, it's their job."

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 12:59 PM

Apr 23

Isn’t it Congress-representatives elected by the people who will be asked to provide papers-the ones who should be able to demand this via legislation rather than a bunch of appointees?

I confess to skimming, not studying, the linked article, but nothing jumped out at me about compliance with this or that law. WHO wants this? Bessent? Trump? The Heritage Foundation? I want a Congress that will shut this s**t down, thank very much.

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