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The Bank 'Stress Tests' Were Neither Stressful Nor Tests

David Sirota, Open Left AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. May 12, 2009.

What's amazing is that the media and the administration even called these "stress tests" tests at all.

Why Obama Is Low-Balling the Banking Crisis

Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post. May 11, 2009.

It's been suggested that Obama is focusing on Republican self-destruction and that he'll get around to reforming Wall Street next year.

Banks Successfully Lobbied Fed to Make 'Stress Tests' Less Stressful

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. May 9, 2009.

"The Fed used a different measurement of bank-capital levels than analysts and investors had been expecting ... "

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