US in rush to sell off GM stake: report
The US government’s $50 billion rescue of auto giant GM in 2009 was politically controversial © AFP/Getty Images/File Scott Olson AFP NEW YORK (AFP) –…
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The Real Housewives of Wall Street
Why is the Federal Reserve forking over $220 million in bailout money to the wives of two Morgan Stanley bigwigs? Dees Illustration Matt Taibbi Rolling…
Cornel West “Barack Obama Is The Black Mascot Of The Wall Street Oligarchs” (Video)
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Taxpayers foot $850M bill for Wall St.’s pension fees
Josh Kosman NY Post New York City taxpayers are helping to pay $850 million in Wall Street investment fees — even as these financial gurus…
Nuclear Power Exposed as a Product of the State (Video)
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Why You Should be Freaked Out About the Stock Market
Phoenix Capital Research Zero Hedge I doubt you will see this chart in the mainstream media any time soon… if EVER. This is a chart…
Portugal braces for govt collapse over debt vote
Wikimedia image Lars Aronsson Barry Hatton Yahoo/AP LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s government is on the verge of collapse after opposition parties withdrew their support…
Ratigan EXPOSES the Bankster Con on America (Video)
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Rescue Choppers Or Corporate Jets? The Biggest Fraud Of All
Japan devastation/AFP image Dylan Ratigan Daily Bail I’ve been glued to my TV and computer all weekend watching the horrors unfold in Japan. I don’t…
US bank bailout was ‘critical’: Congress watchdog
© AFP/File Nicholas Kamm AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US government’s multi-billion-dollar bank bailout helped avert a second Great Depression and cost taxpayers much less…
Government Promises to Cut Social Security in Urgent Compromise
Activist Post It’s official, national austerity measures are here! As Wisconsin protesters fill the streets because of lost rights and benefits to workers, the nation…
Lawmakers oppose federal bailout for states
Alan Fram AP/Yahoo News WASHINGTON – The new Republican-led House is showing no appetite for making federal taxpayers help state and local governments cope with…
Bankruptcy, not bailouts, a better path
Thomas Sowell Detroit News Government budget crises can be painful, but the political rhetoric accompanying these crises can also be fascinating and revealing. Perhaps the…
Bankruptcy Path Sought for States to Escape Debt Burden
Mary Williams Walsh New York Times Policy makers are working behind the scenes to come up with a way to let states declare bankruptcy and…