At a stroke, Citi executives demonstrated both their continued political clout in Washington and their continued desire to take on excessive amounts of financial risk (which is what this particular legal change permits). Lobbying to be allowed to load up on risk is exactly what Citi did during the 1990s and 2000s under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush – with catastrophic consequences for the broader economy in 2007-09.
花旗集团此举既证明了他们在华盛顿仍拥有政治实力，也表明他们想继续承担过多金融风险（这一特别立法变化允许这样做）。游说获得承担更多风险的许可正是花旗集团在20世纪90年代和21世纪初在克林顿和小布什任总统期间用过的伎俩——并在2007—09年给实体经济造成了灾难性后果。