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mins  Chinese Premier Says What Everyone Is Thinking: ‘Break Up
the Big Banks!’  Follow The Daily Ticker on Facebook here!  With
banks making record profits and the people frustrated by low
interest rates on deposits and lack of lending, a nation's
leader is speaking out: "Let me be frank. Our banks earn profit
too easily. Why? Because a small number of large banks have a
monopoly."  Those comments came not from President Obama, Tim
Geithner, Ben Bernanke or any other U.S. policymaker; instead,
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made them during a broadcast on
China's state-run National Radio.   But there are a lot of
similarities too, including:    • A concentration of assets
among a small handful of huge banks.   • Huge support from the
federal government, either directly or indirectly.   •
Frustration among citizens at low returns on savings and lack of
credit availability, despite huge profits for the banks and big
payouts for bank execs.   • Concer