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BECOME A BANK HOLDING COMPANY (www.jimhightower.com) TMC

Hi, I’m a bank holding company. I used to be just another guy trying to make a go of it, but that was before George W and his Wall Street handyman, Hank Paulson, started doling out... More

Tags: tmc,bank holding company,george bush,henry paulson,big banks

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Lawmakers press Paulson on bailout plan changes (www.google.com)

Faced with exasperated lawmakers upset by shifts in bailout strategy, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson launched a spirited defense Tuesday of his handling of the $700 billion program and expressed... More

Tags: house of representatives,congress,financial services committee,henry paulson,treasury secretary,bailout,lending

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Naomi Klein on the Bailout Profiteers and the Multi-Trillion-Dollar Crime Scene (www.democracynow.org)

“The more details emerge, the clearer it becomes that Washington’s handling of the Wall Street bailout is not merely incompetent. It is borderline criminal,” says Naomi Klein, author of The... More

Tags: naomi klein,democracy now,amy goodman,economics,bailout,financial crisis,henry paulson,ben bernanke

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Washington Post Shills for Henry Paulson (tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com) TMC

The headline of a front page article in the Washington Post tells readers how Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson changed his approach to the economy in response to "this storm." That is so sweet of... More

Tags: tmc,talking points memo,dean baker,henry paulson,washington post,media,economy

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Paulson Plays While We Pay (www.thenation.com) TMC

With his latest policy switch to buying stock in banks and other companies, Henry Paulson has more zigs and zags to his credit than a fox trying to escape a pack of hounds.

Tags: henry paulson,economic crisis,tmc,federal reserve board,ben bernanke

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A Stimulus Everyone Can Love (www.prospect.org) TMC

Watching the economy unravel while the government dithers is like viewing an accident in slow motion. Or to change the metaphor, it is like one of those movies where the film begins with the tragic... More

Tags: economy,tmc,stimulus package,congress,funding,henry paulson

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Hmmmm .... (www.talkingpointsmemo.com) TMC

From Bloomberg ... The Federal Reserve is refusing to identify the recipients of almost $2 trillion of emergency loans from American taxpayers or the troubled assets the central bank is... More

Tags: federal reserve,emergency loans,henry paulson,ben bernanke,tmc

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Are Ben Bernanke and Henry Paulson Crony Capitalists? (www.prospect.org) TMC

The media should be asking this question. After all, they are trying to hide which banks are in trouble and refusing to give out information about who is borrowing from the Fed. This is exactly the... More

Tags: tmc,the american prospect,beat the press,ben bernanke,henry paulson,capitalists,economy

Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

Paulson Is Swindling You (www.chelseagreen.com) TMC

It’s becoming increasingly evident that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has decided to play Santa Claus—two months early and with taxpayers’ money. Like a Bizarro-World version of Robin... More

Tags: henry paulson,economy,financial crisis,goldman sachs,tmc,wall street firms

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Post Exposes Paulson Tax Scam (www.prospect.org) TMC

While the country was distracted by the $700 billion bank bailout, Treasury secretary Henry Paulson made a change to the tax code which removed the limits on the losses that companies that take over... More

Tags: henry paulson,tax scam,bailout,washington post,tmc

Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

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