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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.

Behind the Scenes, GE’s Top Exec Confided Credit Woes

Jeff Gerth, ProPublica. February 8, 2010.

Hank Paulson's new book details a very different recollection of events that persuaded FDIC Chair Sheila Bair to help guarantee over $70 billion in GE debt.

Wall Street To Launch Propaganda Campaign That Makes You Like Bankers

Digby, Hullabaloo. June 25, 2009.

And they are using one of the Bush Administration's main flacks.

Banks: Time for Permanent Nationalization?

Fred Moseley, Dollars and Sense. March 3, 2009.

If the big banks are "too big to fail", they should be public.

What Obama Left out of His Economic Recovery Plan: Higher Wages and Debt Relief

Mike Whitney, Dissident Voice. January 28, 2009.

This is not a normal recession where the mismatch between supply and demand will work itself out over time.

Obama, Let the Economy Shrink

John R. Talbott, AlterNet. December 25, 2008.

For Obama to artificially support American growth at the unsustainable current levels is an ill-advised waste of money

5 Disastrous Decisions That Got Us into This Economic Mess

Joseph Stiglitz, Vanity Fair. December 11, 2008.

We are at a dangerous moment. Behind the debates over future economic policy is a debate over history -- here are the major mistakes that got us here.

Bush's Cronies Spread the Wealth Around ... to Corporations

Dean Baker, Firedoglake. December 3, 2008.

It is remarkable how little attention is being given to Paulson and Bernanke's ambitious effort to spread the wealth.

Bank Eat Bank: Bailout Encourages Mergers, and Paulson Decides who Lives and Who Dies

Danielle Ivory, Lagan Sebert, American News Project. November 24, 2008.

With newfound bailout money in their wallets, big banks have been rushing to gobble up smaller ones.

$2 Trillion Handed out by Paulson and Bernanke, But Who Got It, Nobody Knows

Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation. November 17, 2008.

We have no idea who got this money or the conditions or collateral put up in return for the loans.

Treasury Inspector General: The Bailout Is 'a Mess'

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. November 13, 2008.

It appears that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is just making things up as he goes along.

Don't Look Now, There's a Huge Wave of Inflation Coming Toward Us

Kevin Phillips, Huffington Post. October 29, 2008.

Paulson and Bernanke's "rescue" have only begun to do their full long-term damage.

Why Trust Paulson With Our Money?

Robert L. Borosage, Campaign for America's Future. October 22, 2008.

With $700 billion in taxpayers' money at stake, surely it would be wise to have an independent board that can hold Paulson accountable.

Hank Paulson and His Wall Street Cronies Move to Plan B

deleted, The Nation. October 15, 2008.

Paulson and his wheeler-dealer pals have proven more interested in preserving their own wealth than in stabilizing the American economy.

Henry Paulson: Good Businessman or Very Bad Communist?

David Sirota, AlterNet. October 10, 2008.

Is Paulson looking to socialize risk and privatize gain? The answer could be the difference between economic disaster and recovery.

The Bailout: How Capitalism Killed Democracy

David Sirota, AlterNet. October 4, 2008.

We now face market forces uninhibited by democratic governance. The bailout is an aggressive attempt to trade democracy for autocracy.

Why Conservatives Led the Fight Against the Bailout Deal

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. September 30, 2008.

Their revolt was anything but an act of courage to protect American families.

Bush's Economic 9/11 and the Rise of Big Brother Banking

Roberto Lovato, New America Media. September 29, 2008.

The government may be preparing for another conflict -- a domestic war on the poor and middle class.

Trickle-Up: What a Progressive Bailout Would Look Like

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. September 28, 2008.

It would keep families in their homes and loosen credit markets without rewarding Wall Street's wheeler-dealers for their recklessness.

Bush Might Be Right That 'This Sucker Could Go Down'

Danny Schechter, AlterNet. September 26, 2008.

Missing in our media coverage is a sense of what's really behind this mess -- a debt we cannot manage or wish away.

Economic Fascism Coming to America

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. September 25, 2008.

Smell a rat if Congress approves the Paulson plan without major modifications that might help Main Street as well as Wall Street.

10 Ways to Bail Out Wall Street (and Main Street) Without Soaking Taxpayers in Debt

Chuck Collins, Dedrick Muhammad, AlterNet. September 25, 2008.

Who says we need to borrow a trillion dollars to save Wall Street from its own excesses?

The Finance Industry Has Fleeced the Government Throughout the History of the Republic

Michael Hudson, CounterPunch. September 24, 2008.

A cautionary tale about politicos and financiers.

If Congress Agrees to This Rip-off Bailout, We'll Be Handing the Money to the People Who Got Us in This Mess

Phil Mattera, AlterNet. September 24, 2008.

The "Paulson Plan" would outsource the handling of hundreds of billions of dollars worth of assets to those who got us into this mess.

In Wake of Crash, McCain Talks Tough About CEO Pay -- Will Congress Call His Bluff?

Sam Pizzigati, Sarah Anderson, AlterNet. September 23, 2008.

The candidate is proposing a radical restriction on pay for CEOs of bailed-out firms.  But is he serious or is this just election season populism?