G'nite Regions. The Fed Boyz Klub is gonna drive you into the dirt and then get a windfall Wells Rule taxpayer bonus to boot, as it splits RF's 'good' assets up and dumps all the septic junk on the taxpayers. Ben & Tim are smilin', the Hamptons Rothschilds are laughin', and your kids' kids will be payin'. It's just a matter of time until the Fed Goldman City Banksters own 100% of financial assets and there are no Regional Banks left.

In 1990, the ten largest U.S. financial institutions held about 10% of the country's financial assets. Last year, they held over 60% and the 20 largest probably held at least 80% of financial assets in the nation, Kaufman estimates.

This "financial concentration" gained momentum after Glass-Steagall was repealed and it accelerated again in the past year as the government bailed out the largest institutions, he explained.

"At a minimum, we should have financial public utilities," he said in an interview. "Preferably we should have institutions that are small enough so that when they fail, they just fail."