Bailout
On Bailouts, Bonuses, And Context
Three news stories, from three different sources, tell the real story of the Wall Street bailout.
December 22, 2008 | Read More
Bonus Bloodbath On Wall Street
Wall Street’s cult of the bonus helped sink our entire economy. And it’s still going strong.
December 18, 2008 | Read More
Bailouts Make Price Of WW-II Look Like Chump Change
The price tag for all the bailouts went up again. By another TRILLION dollars!
December 16, 2008 | Read More
Bailout Bait And Switch
Did Hank Paulson really deceive Congress so that his old friends on Wall Street could keep their giant salaries? Sure looks like it.
December 15, 2008 | Read More
Bamboozled On The Bailout
Congress says it’s been “bamboozled” on the Wall Street bailout. Big surprise.
December 12, 2008 | Read More
Political CON-ventions
AIG sank $1.5 million into the Democratic and Republican conventions and reaped $150 billion in tax dollars in return. Isn’t that far worse than Gov. Rod “I want money” Blagojevich and his penny-ante crimes?
December 11, 2008 | Read More
The “Free” Market Loves “Free” Government $$
The markets boom on the promise of another taxpayer windfall.
December 8, 2008 | Read More
Suckering The Suckers
A two-bit scammer was able to pocket $100 million in “fraudulent” loans back when banks were lending to anyone with a pulse. But his fraud looks like small potatoes now.
December 5, 2008 | Read More
Paulson Goes Begging In Beijing
Hank Paulson is trying to convince our national bankers in China to use Wall Street’s financial services. You know, services like squandering your wealth and wrecking your economy.
December 2, 2008 | Read More
Subprime Thinking
So-called “aggressive lobbying” from the banking industry kept our government from cracking down on crazy mortgages.
December 1, 2008 | Read More
