The End of 'Too Big to Fail'

Rep. Paul Kanjorski, 11.13.2009

The economic meltdown we narrowly averted last year rightfully convinced the American people that we need to re-examine the fundamental structure of our financial system. Naturally, Wall Street disagrees.

Please Welcome Peter W. Galbraith and Andrew J. Hall to the Billionaire Bailout Society

Les Leopold, 11.13.2009

Author of "The Looting of America"

Galbraith reportedly got himself a $100 million piece (or more) of a Kurdish oil field. Hall's oil trading scams are picking our pockets by driving up the price of oil just enough for him to make a killing.

New York Times Blames Workers for Unemployment?

Les Leopold, 11.12.2009

Author of "The Looting of America"

A column in the Business section was about how the American worker is overpaid. They claim that if workers don't take cuts, these "overpaid" working stiffs will be the cause of another Great Depression.

Veterans: Lip Service, Bankers: Billions & America: Foreclosures - Here's The Fix

Dylan Ratigan, 11.12.2009

Host of MSNBC's "Morning Meeting" and "The Dylan Ratigan Show" on WABC radio

If we must resort to handouts to save our country, let's at least put them in the hands of the most deserving. We should start with the roughly 2 million veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Goldman Sachs Doing "God's Work"?

Charles Gasparino, 11.09.2009

Author, The Sellout

The only thing worse than Goldman Sachs amassing billions in bonus money for its executives, based on various government subsidies and bailout measures, is listening to it try to explain it all away.

To Create Jobs on Main Street, We Need to Kill Jobs on Wall Street

Les Leopold, 11.07.2009

Author of "The Looting of America"

The Billionaire Bailout Society is not a shared society. We're not in it together. What's good for Wall Street is not good for the rest of us...they even get their swine flu shots before we do.

Four-Step Bank Fix

Dylan Ratigan, 11.04.2009

Host of MSNBC's "Morning Meeting" and "The Dylan Ratigan Show" on WABC radio

These solutions come from people who seek to change the mega-casino our government has built back to one built on investors, innovators and workers creating things that benefit society.

One Year Later: The Post-TARP Questions We Should Be Asking

Dear John Thain, 11.04.2009

Writer of anonymous blog Dear John Thain

While we can't decisively compare outcomes of choices that were made to alternative choices, we can ask why certain decisions haven't even been tackled.

A Systemic Risk Regulator and a Compensation Tsar? Larry Summers and Ben Bernanke Must Be Kidding

David Paul, 11.03.2009

President of the Fiscal Strategies Group

With the announcement of record Wall Street bonus pools and rising credit card fees, it is time to sit back and see where we go from here.

Why Keep Geithner?

Dylan Ratigan, 11.02.2009

Host of MSNBC's "Morning Meeting" and "The Dylan Ratigan Show" on WABC radio

The current custodian of America's wealth, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, is not doing a good job. The time for corrective action is now.

Geithner Advocates Permanent Billionaire Bailout Society?

Les Leopold, 10.30.2009

Author of "The Looting of America"

We can either prop up the billionaire bailout society as Geithner wants or we can begin the necessary process of breaking it up. You know what the financial interests want.

Slicing and Dicing at GM and Chrysler

James P. Hoffa, 10.31.2009

General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters

When it comes to carhaul drivers, automakers are failing to meet their end of the bailout bargain and taxpayers should hold them accountable.

Labor Leader Trumka To Testify Against "Reform" Bill Deemed "TARP on Steroids"

Mike Elk, 10.29.2009

Campaign for America's Future

As Congressman Sherman put it, the current legislation meant to reform Wall Street would actually be like "TARP on steroids."

Giving Credit Where Credit Will Do: How the Banks Have Changed the Rules Halfway Through the Game

Nelson Montana, 10.29.2009

Author, Musician, Actor

The way it stands with credit card companies these days, you might be better off dealing with loan sharks. At least they'll warn you before breaking your legs. The banks sneak up behind you and do it.

The Full Story of How Tim Geithner Secretly Bailed Out Wall Street at Your Expense

Henry Blodget, 10.28.2009

CEO of The Business Insider

One of AIG's goals last fall was to persuade the counterparties to the credit default swaps it had written to accept buyouts as low as 40 cents on the dollar. Then Tim Geithner, head of the New York Fed, stepped in.

Breaking out of the Billionaire Bailout Society

Les Leopold, 10.28.2009

Author of "The Looting of America"

Perhaps we need a new vocabulary that helps us describe a society that promotes the accumulation of vast riches, bails out the rich, and avoids responsibility for the common good.

Re-Regulating the Banks Is Change We Can Believe In

Trey Ellis, 10.27.2009

Novelist, Screenwriter, and Assistant Professor at Columbia University

Breaking up the banks to ensure that never again can the greedy few throw an entire planet into a Depression is not only a logical step but also smart, popular politics.

It's Time for Congress to Investigate the Banks

Anna Burger, 10.28.2009

Secretary-Treasurer, SEIU

What do we do about our broken finance system? We can begin by making sure that the architects of our current economic crisis are investigated, and if necessary, prosecuted for the crash.

AIG's Misguided TARP-Funded Bonuses

Rep. Edolphus Towns, 10.28.2009

Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee

The American people have been eager to understand how the government failed to prevent bonus payments from going out the door -- payments that were paid out with their taxpayer dollars.

Weekly Audit: Dismantling the Wall Street Casino

The Media Consortium, 10.27.2009

Network of Leading Progressive Independent Journalism Organizations

By Zach Carter, Media Consortium Blogger Bailout pay czar Ken Feinberg raised a ruckus last week when he announced plans to slash cash payouts to exe...

Big Pork at the Government Trough -- Again

Wayne Pacelle, 10.26.2009

President and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States

The public no longer wants a combination of financial bailouts and government deregulation. But Congress and the U.S.D.A. never seem to have gotten the memo when it comes to Big Agribusiness, especially the pork industry.