It never ends, does it?
More than half of the derivatives- trading business of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), Morgan Stanley and three other large banks could fall largely outside the Dodd- Frank Act if they succeed in lobbying regulators to exempt their overseas operations, government records show.
The debate over the reach of Dodd-Frank has been among the most contentious aspects of the regulatory overhaul enacted by President Barack Obama after the 2008 credit crisis. The banks have met with regulators, testified to Congress and filed dozens of letters contending that they will suffer a competitive disadvantage if the regulations apply to their foreign arms.
Bluntly: "F" 'em.
There's a simple solution to this problem -- if you want to do business with a United States banking license, you will bring all operations worldwide under US laws.
If you don't want to do that then leave. Some other enterprising entity will then take the business from you, since you won't be able to run securities in the US at all.
Our market is plenty large to attract entrepreneurs (if not existing smaller banks) to fill the vacuum. The premise that being the largest campaign contributors to both parties should give the banks the ability to effective buy regulators is nonsense -- our nation's response to this, whether from OWS, the "Tea Party" or simply from the American people, should be one giant middle finger and the jingling of a pair of handcuffs for those who want to continue to press the issue.
I've had enough of this crap and you should have as well.