[HN Gopher] Senators Aren't Ready to Blame Themselves for Silico...
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       Senators Aren't Ready to Blame Themselves for Silicon Valley Bank
       Implosion
        
       Author : mikece
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2023-03-15 21:28 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (theintercept.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (theintercept.com)
        
       | melling wrote:
       | This has been brought up in business news several times and my
       | understanding is that the rollback didn't affect the SVB
       | situation. There was an initial claim, though.
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       | Politics, being what they are, usually means that if someone can
       | be immediately blamed, the heat is on...
        
       | ggm wrote:
       | I wouldn't worry, there's plenty of blame to share around. But
       | having said that, permitting lobbyists to successfully advocate
       | for weakening the underpinnings rather does point at this cohort.
       | 
       | They're eminently blame worthy. A failure in oversight is very
       | hard to assign to anyone but the people who changed the basis of
       | oversight requirements.
        
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