Dodd-Frank is attempting to make sure that too-big-to-fail banks will not bring on another economic disaster. In doing so, they are strangling the economy with regulations while big banks are more insecure.
Dodd-Frank also overlooked a major fact. Monetary policy has been set up merely to accommodate this too-big-to-fail doctrine at the expense of businesses who cannot or will not access loans.
Banks who have received government treatment get low interest rates and safe government bond investments to bolster earnings. Why would banks not play this spread rather than make risky loans to business? Especially with government agencies looking over their shoulders, suggesting that risky business loans are taboo?
Only government bureaucrats can think up such absurdities when rescuing banks. (See the Earl J Weinreb NewsHole® comments.)
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