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Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "taxpayers"

6 Ways the Financial Bailout Scams Taxpayers, Subsidizes Wall Street, and Props Up Our Broken Financial System

6 Ways the Financial Bailout Scams Taxpayers, Subsidizes Wall Street, and Props Up Our Broken Financial System

Andy Kroll, Tomdispatch.com. May 27, 2009.
Six ways the financial bailout is completely scamming the taxpayers.

Why You Should Work for a Hedge Fund

Why You Should Work for a Hedge Fund

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. April 8, 2009.
The hedge-fund honchos will come out ahead no matter what. The same thing can't be said for taxpayers.

Obama Financial Team to Taxpayers: You’ll Get Nothing, and Like It

Obama Financial Team to Taxpayers: You’ll Get Nothing, and Like It

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 2, 2009.
We're paying to nationalize the banks all right, we just can't talk about it -- nor can we profit from it.

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

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.

The Bailout: TARP Failing, Next Step Unclear

The Bailout: TARP Failing, Next Step Unclear

Paul Kiel, ProPublica AlterNet: PEEK. January 22, 2009.
The TARP hasn't saved the nation's major banks. So what's next?

The Bailout: TARP Failing, Next Step Unclear

The Bailout: TARP Failing, Next Step Unclear

Paul Kiel, ProPublica. January 21, 2009.
The TARP hasn't saved the nation's major banks. So what's next?

Wall Street Exec's Exorbitant Pay in 2007 Could Have Covered Bailout Costs?

Wall Street Exec's Exorbitant Pay in 2007 Could Have Covered Bailout Costs?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 22, 2008.
Report: $1.6 billion went to executives at bailed out Wall Street banks last year.

Busted: AIG Caught Living High on the Hog with Taxpayers' Money (Again)

Busted: AIG Caught Living High on the Hog with Taxpayers' Money (Again)

Ben Armbruster, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. November 12, 2008.
AIG CEO Edward Liddy should be in jail.

Obama Needs to Bring Change to Our Fatally Flawed Immigration System

Obama Needs to Bring Change to Our Fatally Flawed Immigration System

Staff, National Immigration Forum AlterNet: PEEK. November 11, 2008.
The promise from Obama's transition team to strip away agency practices inconsistent with his vision of change comes not a moment too soon.

The U.S.'s Inhospitable Immigration Policies May End Up Costing Taxpayers Billions

The U.S.'s Inhospitable Immigration Policies May End Up Costing Taxpayers Billions

Frank Sharry, AmericasVoiceOnline AlterNet: PEEK. October 15, 2008.
What's another $154 billion of taxpayers' money?

Tax the Speculators: A Fair Plan for Economic Recovery

Tax the Speculators: A Fair Plan for Economic Recovery

Chuck Collins, The Nation. September 22, 2008.
Government action should protect ordinary people, not reward the super-rich and the speculative sectors of the economy.

Bush Administration Wastes Trillions in Worthless Weapons

Bush Administration Wastes Trillions in Worthless Weapons

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. April 3, 2008.
The government has invested trillions in weapons that are completely useless in the fight against stateless terrorists.