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Wall Street by JT20162016

Dylan Ratigan Breaks Down the TARP Fiasco

Wall Street by JT20162016

Matt Taibbi: The Big Takeover – Rolling Stone Magazine

The global economic crisis isn’t about money – it’s about power. How Wall Street insiders are using the bailout to stage a revolution ROLLING STONE | March 19, 2009 The Big Takeover- Matt Taibbi It’s over — we’re officially, royally fucked. No empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock, which is what happened as […]

Ben Bernanke by JT2016

C’Mon, C’Mon Listen To The Money Talk

Ben Bernanke by JT2016

National Dept Hits 11 Trillion; Sucker

CBS NEWS The Federal Government’s flood of red ink hit another high-water mark as the Treasury Department quietly reported today that the National Debt hit $11-trillion for the first time ever. To be exact, the Debt now stands at $11,033,157,578,669.78. Divide it by the U.S. population and it comes up to over $36,000 in debt […]

Barack Obama by JT20162016

Lobbyists Jonesing U.S. Treasury For Helping Of Sweet Bailout Pie

IHT DOT COM DEELICIOUS!! Lobbyists swarm the U.S. Treasury for a helping of bailout pie By Mark Landler and David D. Kirkpatrick Wednesday, November 12, 2008 WASHINGTON: When the U.S. government said it would spend $700 billion to rescue the American financial industry, it seemed to be an ocean of money. But after one of […]