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America's Ten Most Corrupt Capitalists

Zach Carter, AlterNet. May 13, 2010.

Wall Street's captains of industry and top policymakers in Washington are often the same people. A lot of them get rich by playing for both teams.

We've Given Trillions to the Super Rich -- There Are Many Better Uses for Your Money

Matt Bivens, TomDispatch.com. October 5, 2009.

For all the public money we give rich people, we can cure millions around the world of horrifying diseases.

Obama's Wall Street Woes

Robert L. Borosage, Huffington Post. November 27, 2008.

Is this the change we need? The depth of the crisis we face renders the old arguments irrelevant.

Washington Panics as the Economy Burns

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. November 13, 2008.

$290 billion into his bailout plan, Hank Paulson is calling for a do-over.

The Five Most Wanted Rip-off Artists from Wall Street and Washington

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. November 3, 2008.

Our economy didn't melt down, it was taken down the unbridled greed of economic elites, enabled by their political courtesans in Washington.

Nancy Pelosi Puts Lipstick on a $700 Billion Pig

Scarecrow, Firedoglake. September 29, 2008.

There's no excuse for cheering for this pig of a bailout.

Pain on Main Street

Staff, American News Project. September 26, 2008.

No relief in sight for homeowners facing foreclosure.

McCain Makes It Worse as GOP Erupts Over Bailout

Sam Stein, Huffington Post. September 26, 2008.

All McCain did by returning to DC was exacerbate economic problems.

Nancy Pelosi Doesn't Need a Timeout to Fix the Economy

ZP Heller, Brave New Films. September 25, 2008.

Speaker Pelosi keeps the public informed while negotiating terms of the bailout.

Wall Street Socialism

Robert L. Borosage, Huffington Post. July 16, 2008.

The Bush administration is bailing out privately owned finance companies with our money, and then letting the owners keep the cash.