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> The issue was one of regulator-shopping.

Which will always be a problem, so you've just told us one of the mechanisms for regulatory failure.

> You've got AIG

Bzzt - AIG was not just under OTS, they were also under insurance regulation and a couple of others. And they were regulated in several countries, often in multiple ways, not to mention states. And these agencies cooperated.

AIG was pretty much a best case for regulatory success.

And now it's a conduit for payoffs to Goldman Sachs. (Yes, I know the collateral story. I'm hoping that someone will post the details so I can show how it doesn't mean what they think it does. GS should have been left holding the collateral.)




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