Henry Paulson, former head of Goldman Sachs, and current Treasury Czar. With Three quarters of a billion dollars in compensation, anyone can be that affable. By Stephen Lendman | [print_link] The crime of the century. The greatest one ever. Author Danny Schechter calls it “Plunder.” The title of his important new book on the subprime [...]
By JEFF GIBBS | [print_link] “I’m disappointed and disgusted with my own Republican Party as I watch them attempt to strong-arm a bailout of some of America’s biggest corporations by asking taxpayers to suck up the staggering results of the hubris, greed, and arrogance of those who sought to make a quick buck by throwing [...]
The current Democratic leadership. As pathetic as it is treacherous. The Bailout Deal: The Rich Haven’t Won Yet Dateline: 29 September 2008 | [print_link] Act One of the great Wall Street bailout debate has now ended. The agreement that lawmakers and the White House announced Sunday essentially tried to buy time — by committing [...]
By Nick Penniman and Lagan Sebert Amid the chaos and chatter about this week’s financial bailout, one clear theme emerged in some quarters: The era of free-market fundamentalism is over. But is it, really? Presented by The Real News Network (IWT)
SARAH PALIN: Poster girl for deceiving appearances. And fitting candidate for a political system that has turned elaborate deception into a fine political art. By Jason Miller Savage animal slaughterer that she is, it’s apt that Sarah Palin has now brutally plunged a razor-sharp knife into the very heart of the seemingly invincible doubts [...]