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6 Shocking Revelations About Wall Street's "Secret Government"

Les Leopold, AlterNet. November 30, 2011.

Top officials willfully concealed the true extent of the 2008-'09 bailouts from Congress and the public.

'Tax Timmy's Friends': Nurses Follow Obama to France Demanding He Tax Geithner's Wall Street Cronies

Josh Eidelson, AlterNet. November 2, 2011.

The nurses' union takes the movement for a financial transaction tax to the G-20 in Cannes.

Which Bank Is the Worst for America? 5 Behemoths That Hold Our Political System Hostage

Sarah Jaffe, Joshua Holland, AlterNet. October 19, 2011.

We've ranked the banks based on how shamelessly they game the political process through lobbying, revolving door politics and campaign donations.

Bank of America, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley Could Be Headed Toward Collapse -- Will Obama Have the Guts to Do the Right Thing This Time?

Robert Kuttner, AlterNet. October 10, 2011.

If events turn critical again and we face a repeat risk of the seizing up of financial markets as in the fall of 2008, the president will need to make a fateful decision.

The Miseducation of the President

Joan Walsh, Salon. September 21, 2011.

Ron Suskind describes a leader pulled off course by his staff. But we still don't know where Obama wants to take us.

Treasury Makes Shocking Admission: Program for Struggling Homeowners Just a Ploy to Enrich Big Banks

Zach Carter, AlterNet. August 25, 2010.

The Treasury Dept.'s mortgage relief program isn't just failing, it's actively funneling money from homeowners to bankers, and Treasury likes it that way.

The Economy Is Getting Worse and Worse -- And No One's Doing a Thing About It

Danny Schechter, AlterNet. August 22, 2010.

The economy is already down, and it can go lower. And no one seems willing to fix it.

Hightower: Washington Overrun by 11,000 Corporate Lobbyists and $500 Million in Corrupting Donations

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. April 29, 2010.

We need to focus on those shadowy players who're pulling the strings from behind the scenes to impose their special interest over America's public interest.

Why Fannie and Freddie Continue to Cost Taxpayers Billions

delete, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. March 24, 2010.

Together the two firms have already tapped $125 billion from government lifelines and the Congressional Budget Office predicts they ultimately will drain $380 billion.

The Video That Will Put Geithner Behind Bars

Mike Whitney, The Smirking Chimp. March 13, 2010.

The NY Fed, and likely Geithner himself, undermined, perhaps even violated, laws designed to protect investors and markets.

Tim Geithner Isn't a Fan of Obama's Bank Plan

Oliver Willis, Oliver Willis.com. January 22, 2010.

Wall Street rules must be followed.

Help Haiti: Tell Geithner to Lower Its $1 Billion Debt

Help Haiti: Tell Geithner to Lower Its $1 Billion Debt

January 20, 2010.

Let's push Geithner to convince global creditors to cancel Haiti's international debt obligations.

Do Obama and Geithner Have the Same Flaw: Accommodation Instead of Moral Action?

Mark Ames, AlterNet. January 15, 2010.

Tim Geithner has a long history of caving to moral pressures and smoothing over colossal failures. But his personality is much like Obama. Maybe that's how he keeps his job.

GeithnerGate: Obama's Treasury Sec. Should Get the Boot and Let's Take Our Money Back Too

Les Leopold, Dylan Ratigan, AlterNet. January 12, 2010.

By all means, let's fire Geithner -- and let's also target Wall Street as a whole. Also: MSNBC Host Dylan Ratigan's case against Geithner.

Drumbeat to Boot Geithner Gets Louder, on Eve of Hearings on Disastrous Economic Crash

Danny Schechter, AlterNet. January 12, 2010.

The Treasury Secretary's pro-Wall Street policies, along with those of adviser Larry Summers, are failing.

Wall Street's Plot to Wreck America Must Be Revealed

Frank Rich, The New York Times. January 11, 2010.

We know little about the financial WMDs that destroyed our economy. This week's Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission hearings must shed light on what happened in the meltdown.

Obama's Squandered Honeymoon: How Botched Bailouts Hamper Healthcare Reform

Rob Johnson, NewDeal 2.0. August 31, 2009.

By refusing to stand up to the finance oligarchs, the Obama Admistration fed the cynics and dissipated the opportunity for real change.

Was the Economic Meltdown a Crisis of Masculinity Run Amuck? It's Time for Women to Step In

Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. June 27, 2009.

If it had been Lehman Brothers and Sisters, would the financial meltdown have shaken out in the same way?

Obama's False Financial Reform Is Nothing But Smooth Talk and Some Fuzzy Plans

William Greider, The Nation. June 25, 2009.

Missing in the Obama plan are hard rules -- the classic quality of laws that command behavior by prescribing "thou shalt" or 'thou shalt not."

Obama's Economic Reforms Should Re-structure the System -- Not Just Reform It

Danny Schechter, AlterNet. June 22, 2009.

We're dealing with a political elite that is more Clintonesque than Rooseveltesque. Will meaningful change be possible?

House Approves $106B Bill to Fund Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan

Perry Bacon Jr., The Washington Post June 16, 2009.

House Democrats backed President Obama despite misgivings.

Why Goldman Sachs Is the Greediest and Most Dastardly of the Wall Street Pigs

Jim Hightower, AlterNet. May 22, 2009.

Goldman holds billions in taxpayer cash, plans for billions in exec bonuses this year, and has powerful friends in Obama's govt. up the wazoo.

Hightower: Democrats Give Wall Street a Big, Wet Kiss

Jim Hightower, AlterNet. May 11, 2009.

Yet more evidence that the banks own Washington.

How Is He Doing? Obama's First 100 Days and His Next 900

Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation. April 23, 2009.

As we mark the first 100 days of his presidency, it is staggering to consider the enormous challenges President Obama inherited from his predecessor.

Geithner and Summers Want More Debt Bubbles: The Result Could Be Catastrophic

Thom Hartmann, Smirking Chimp. April 16, 2009.

The Geithner/Summers plan seems to hinge on reinflating the debt bubble. The outcome will be inflation, a more serious crash, or both.

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