bailouts

Plucked some excerpts from his article, read the rest at the source: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-08-21/why-u-s-federal-reserve-needs-more-accountability Hope to hear some End The Fed chants! :cool:

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said JPMorgan Chase & Co. is akin to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac because taxpayers would shoulder the burden of its rescue in an emergency, rather than let it collapse. JPMorgan, the nation’s largest bank, is an example of implicit government...

The Bailout by eric • December 12, 2013 • 22 Comments http://ericpetersautos.com/2013/12/12/bailout/ In Washington, they always try to announce unpleasantness during the off-hours (weekends, holidays and such) so that – hopefully – the stink will be less noticed. In Detroit, too. The...

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/02/warren-buffett-we-will-always-need.html

to take back all the money he got from tax payers. Said it on the last segment of Freedom Watch yesterday. Do you agree Should we enact a New Tax on Warren Buffett & other Corporate Welfare Queens to return the tax payer money they received?

http://www.businessinsider.com/warren-buffett-explains-how-the-bailout-is-crushing-healthy-companies-2009-3 Warren Buffett Explains How The Bailout Is Crushing Healthy Companies There's a lot of talk about how the bailouts are creating moral hazard and rewarding bad behavior. But those are...

When $25 Billion Just Isn't Enough... :bunchies: I'm not sure what that monster is supposed to be, but I'll take it as representing the corporate welfare that we keep perpetuating.

86% of Bailout Funds to be Used for Exective Bonuses I'm so angry right now, I'm shaking... Even though we all knew this is exactly how this bullsh*t would play out, it's infuriating to see it all laid out in front of you. Ron Paul continues to be right in every aspect of what he talks about.

Donald Trump says the Bailout Bill has Failed I feel like a bunch of us saw this coming...

Agricultural Bank of China to Receive $19 Billion Bailout The global phenomenon continues.

$11,000,000 Guaranteed for Lawyers from Your Bailout Money And the pork continues...

AIG being Sued by Investors over Multi-Billion Dollar Bailout. Well, that's certainly one good thing to come out of these sick policies. All we can hope for now is that the new Congress realizes how unpopular these bailouts have been, but I fear that hope is misplaced.

AIG May be Failing Despite $143 Billion Bailout... So, what happens when we, the taxpayers, lose all of our "investment" in this firm? These bastards need to be stopped.

Treasure Dept. Rejects GM Bailout Plan. This, however, is only the $10 billion bailout request that GM asked for to help them buy Chrysler. This does not include their share in the $25 billion that they already received a few weeks ago as part of a loan package in the budget bill. Still, good...

On Fox News, nonetheless: http://endthebailouts.com/2008/11/02/judge-napolitano-states-bailout-was-unconstitutional-on-fox-news/

We're witnessing global socialism at its finest... EU Approves French Bailout Plan Are we doomed? *EDIT: Sorry about the title - French, not Fresh

Another example of why government-sponsored bailouts are simply terrible ideas: Russian Bailouts Benefiting 2 of Russia’s Most Wealthy People

Just posted the summary here of the GM/Chrysler bailout here. And here's the original Reuter's article: http://www.reuters.com/article/privateEquity/idUSN2735677620081028. What's another $10 billion among friends?

Earlier today, I posted a thread about Senator Carl Levin's response to his bailout vote. Well, I emailed him back. Click here for my response to Senator Levin (and feel free to Digg it up if you think it's worthwhile - there's a link on the article).

I posted his entire response on the bailout bill here. I've got a good response lined up for him, too, just refining it a bit before it goes out.