Sallie Mae Gobbles Government Money at Expense of Students and Colleges

By: masaccio Tuesday March 30, 2010 3:42 pm

Thank heaven Congress decided to cut the middle man out of the government guaranteed student loan program. Sallie Mae has had its nose in the trough long enough.

Rewarding Failure: Fed Hopes 5-Year TALF Loans Will Help Commercial Real-Estate

By: BooRadley Monday May 11, 2009 9:04 am

The link is from 1 May 2009. Responsibility is for the little people.

Bank of America: When $45 billion is really $199.2 billion

By: Michael Whitney Friday April 24, 2009 8:11 am

You’ve heard that Bank of America is in debt to the American taxpayer in the amount of $45 billion. But it turns out that $199.2 billion paints a bit more of an accurate number on how much Bank of America will most likely “borrow” from the American people.

Obama’s Bright Idea: Let’s Play ‘Heads the Banksters Win, Tails the Taxpayers Lose’

By: wigwam Saturday March 21, 2009 8:37 am

Obama’s latest idea for curing the meltdown: highly leveraged non-recourse loans to the banksters to buy up toxic misunderstood assets. Talk about a moral-hazard giveaway at taxpayer expense.

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