Tag Archive: Hank Paulson

Goldman Sachs; More Distraction

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I woke up this morning to the news that the SEC is charging Goldman Sachs with fraud.  Whoopeedoodle.  In October of 2008, I wrote a piece based on a WSJ article about the FBI opening preliminary investigations into 26 banks.  Anybody heard a peep about it since? The last article I saw was the [...]

Ben Bernanke; The Economic Collapse Poses A Threat To Economic Recovery

Ben is such a genius. I wish I was as smart as Ben…
(all emphasis from this point on, mine.)
Bernanke Says Joblessness, Foreclosures Pose Hurdles (Update2)
April 7 (Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said joblessness, home foreclosures and weak lending to small businesses pose challenges to the economy as it recovers from the [...]

Barney Frank Contacted Hank Paulson About OneUnited Bank

All one ever has to do is follow the money with politicians to find the cover-up.  Judicial Watch has the newest ethics ‘problem’ story.
Explosive Treasury Emails Put Barney Frank in the Ethics Hot Seat
When Barney Frank was asked about intervening on behalf of a home state bank for Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) [...]

How The FDIC Raped The American Taxpayer (UPDATED)

(Editor’s Note: The Video that was here previously has been removed by the user that published it on YouTube. Sorry Folks.)
WARNING: Put down all liquids, wrap your head with duct tape, and get your barf bucket close.
Watching this video is beyond disturbing because of the explanation of what happened to IndyMac and their mortgages.  [...]

Live Streaming: The Geithner, Paulson, AIG Show On Wed. 1.27.2010

Want to watch a couple of former Goldman Sachs executives squirm while they try to explain a cover-up? At 10am eastern, 1.27.2010, on C-Span 3, Timothy Geithner and Hank Paulson are going to be in House hearings about The NY Fed, AIG, Goldman Sachs, the SEC and ‘national security’.  Click the C-Span 3 link to [...]

First Paulson, Now Geithner

Remember Paulson predicting an economic crash of biblical proportions if the government did not bail out the banks?  TurboTax Timmie is warning that the markets aren’t going to like a Bernanke rejection by the Senate. I know you are sick to death of being threatened by government officials, and it is only adding to the [...]

The Slippery Slope (UPDATED; Pay Caps & GM)

THIS would be the reason why the government should not be allowed to bailout private companies and then tell them what to do, AND the reason we haven’t been able to trust the government and would be fools to continue to do so.
Feds threatened to oust BofA execs over Merrill deal
Government regulators threatened to remove [...]

Just When You Think It Can’t Get Any Worse, Barack Surprises

Why are we even having a discussion about this?  Why are we paying over $306 Billion a year to service our debt?  Why is The Fed still crashing our economy?
Obama to Nominate Bernanke for Second Term
President Obama plans to nominate Ben S. Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, administration officials [...]

Hank Paulson In Front Of Congress

H/T GoldmanSachs666
Hank Paulson was a 32 year career Goldman Sachs soldier. He also ran the company as COO and CEO from 1998 through 2006 . . . the exact years that we saw the creation of toxic assets developed by his boys and girls at Goldman Sachs. He left Goldman Sachs at the peak of [...]

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