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Category Archives: bailout
Openness and Transparency, Anyone?
Fiction: My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote … Continue reading
Posted in bailout, Obama administration, too big to fail, Wall Street
Tagged Bloomberg, Citigroup, e-mails, Obama administration, openness, redacted, securities, transparency
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Foreclosure Fraud Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Dylan Ratigan, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, and Karl Denninger of The Market Ticker unravel foreclosure fraud: To reiterate, the fraud in foreclosures that we’re seeing now is just the tip of the iceberg. The purpose is to try … Continue reading
Posted in bailout, Congress, economy, Financial Crisis, financial reform, financial regulation, Foreclosures, Justice Department, Obama administration, special interests, too big to fail, Wall Street
Tagged 40 states, attorneys general, bailout, BofA, Chase, Congress, David Axelrod, Dylan Ratigan, financial reform, foreclosure, fraud, insolvent, Karl Denninger, Market Ticker, mortgages, national moratorium, resolution authority, securities, Wall Street, White House
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Why Tim Geithner Opposes Elizabeth Warren as Head of the CFPB
Elizabeth Warren should be a no-brainer as President Obama’s choice to head the newly-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). She is a long-time advocate for the rights of consumers, the person most responsible for the Bureau’s inclusion in the recently-passed … Continue reading
Posted in bailout, economy, financial reform, financial regulation, Obama administration, Politics, too big to fail, Wall Street
Tagged bankers, CFPB, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Elizabeth Warren, Hank Paulson, Huffington Post, John Ralston, Larry Summers, President Obama, scheme, TARP, Timothy Geithner, Wall Street
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Another Republican For Bailouts
From TPMDC: “In response to a question from TPMDC, House Minority Leader John Boehner backed Tom Donohue, President of the Chamber of Commerce, in saying taxpayers should help pick up the tab. “I think the people responsible in the oil … Continue reading
Posted in bailout, BP, Congress, Gulf Oil Spill, Politics, Republicans
Tagged BP, Chamber of Commerce, government, If I Only Had A Brain, John Boehner, oil spill cleanup, taxpayers
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Senate Votes on Financial Regulation Amendments
Any time anything passes in the Senate by a vote of 96–0 I’m suspicious. Those numbers are usually reserved for meaningless proclamations declaring ‘National Be Kind to Puppies and Kitties Day.’ But such a vote took place yesterday on Sen. … Continue reading
Posted in bailout, Congress, Democrats, economy, financial reform, financial regulation, lobbyists, McCain, Politics, Progressives, too big to fail, Wall Street
Tagged audit, Chris Dodd, conservatorship, David Vitter, derivative trading, Fannie Mae, Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac, Lincoln, lobbyists, McCain, Russ Feingold, Sanders amendment, Shelby, study, Wall Street
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The Geithner Solution to Regulatory Failure: More Authority for Regulators
Sure, federal regulators (like the former head of the New York Federal Reserve pictured at left) were inept, incompetent, and inadequate when it came to their ability to first foresee and then to take proper pre-emptive action based on all … Continue reading
Quote of the Day: Taibbi’s Goldman–Roethlisberger Analogy
From Matt Taibbi’s latest at Rolling Stone, The Feds vs. Goldman: “The bank will try and – who knows – might even succeed in defending itself in a court of law against these charges. But in the court of public … Continue reading
“Put Up or Shut Up” Time on Too Big To Fail
Now that the Senate Republicans have abandoned their filibuster (after perusing the public opinion polls on Wall Street and observing the tap-dancing by Goldman Sachs execs at the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations hearings, I assume) financial reform legislation is set … Continue reading
