Restore the separation between commercial and investment banking

Omar supports reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act, which separated commercial banking from investment banking. She presents this as a way to limit banks’ ability to use people’s money for risky behavior and speculative investments.

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In their own words

Reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act, which separated commercial banking and investment banking

The source

Ilhan Omar: Establish Economic Justice for Working Families actions-internal-arrow

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