Elizabeth Warren's entire career has been based on a lie. I speak, of course, of the notion that she's some sort of expert on the financial sector. Not only is the Senator from Massachusetts bad on basic economics — advocating policies that would grossly punish the poor, ignore the consequences of central banking, and being a general embodiment for everything bad about modern progressivism — but she is ignorant of basic facts that played out during the financial crisis.
For example, today Warren unleashed a barrage of tweets targeting legislation designed to reverse some of the Dodd-Frank regulation that has helped further consolidate the banking industry and increase the size of Too Big to Fail banks. I have not yet gone through the legislation, and it's quite possible that there are objectionable parts to the legislation, but one tweet from Warren just doesn't hold up reality.
This is simply wrong. BB&T never took a bailout, because they had no need for one. In fact, the bank's CEO at the time, John Allison, was the loudest industry voice criticizing the entire scheme. While BB&T did receive TARP funds, it was only because they were forced to do so by the Obama Administration that once employed Warren. In fact, the North Carolina-based bank is perhaps the one of the large financial institutions who can honestly contend to be a victim in the Washington bailout, as they were forced to pay high rates on lending due the government forcing them to accept TARP funds.
In short, Senator Warren's opinions on financial services matters should be treated with the same seriousness as her contributions to the Pow Wow Chow Native American cookbook.
(Allison's book on the financial crisis is a personal favorite. If you purchase it — or any book — on Amazon using this link, the Mises Institute benefits thanks to Amazon Smile.)
