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Crash Tax: Wall Street Should Pay Reparations to the 99%

Leo Gerard, AlterNet. November 15, 2011.

It's time for the bankers who crashed the economy to pay back those of us who bailed them out--with a financial transactions tax.

Conservatives Push Absurd Lie that Wall Street Hustlers Were Innocent Victims ... of Poor People

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. October 10, 2010.

Deregulation allowed Wall Street to build a house of cards on America's mortgage industry, but many conservatives live in a parallel universe in which the banks are blameless.

Is the Bush Administration Trying to Take Down Fannie Mae?

Scott Thill, AlterNet. January 28, 2008.

The government-backed lender is embroiled in a murky battle.