FLASHPOINT for Feb 24, 2007

Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007 | 6:55 a.m.

When the Gang of 63 was cobbling together a melange of tax increases in 2003, the policy behind extracting money from banks went something like this: "They can afford it. They don't pay squat. And we can do it." But that was then. Now, the bankers have managed to stay out of the poorhouse, and have purchased enough influence with the governor to have him recommend the bank tax repeal. And that brings me to an early contender for legislative quote of the session from Democratic Assemblywoman Peggy Pierce: "I look at the state of Nevada and I say to myself, 'What needs to be fixed? Who's out there suffering?' And, boy, bankers never popped into my mind." Now that is funny, unless you're a banker.

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