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Treasury Tries To Bail Out Public Image Of Bailout

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 04.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department is worried that the high political cost of some of its key economic intervention programs -- most notably, the b...

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A Lesson From the Brits on Bank Bailouts

Ted Kaufman | Posted 02.18.2012

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I have never quite been able to understand how the decision was made to fire Richard Wagoner at GM but not Vikram Pandit at Citibank. Is running a huge bank really more complex than running a huge automobile manufacturer?

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Taking on TARP

Dan Rather | Posted 08.08.2011

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"You can't look at what happened in the run-up to 2008 and see how it's not going to repeat itself, given what we've done," says Neil Barofksy, who became TARP's Special Inspector General in December, 2008.

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Debt Limit Debate Has Lawmakers Experiencing TARP Deja Vu

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.02.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A foreboding sense of deja vu is growing among Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The debate over raising the nation's debt ceiling, ...

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Democrats' Dilemma: Fall in Love or Fall in Line?

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Watching Bill Clinton help Barack Obama extend George Bush tax cuts -- it's easy to see why Democrats have cognitive dissonance. Here were two enormously popular Democratic leaders handing Republicans their "holy grail" because this is the best we can do.

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The Untold Story of TARP

Herbert M. Allison | Posted 05.25.2011

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No one wanted to bail out Wall Street. No one wanted to use taxpayer dollars to rescue an industry that helped cause the worst economic crisis in a generation. It was unfair. It was appalling. But it was necessary. We had no other choice.

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Foreclosure: A Sociological Disaster

Ronald Ricker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here's the story of a family that had no choice but to stop paying their mortgage. Though they're receiving help from a local nonprofit, it's unknown if they'll be forced out. Their story is one of millions.

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Hollywood Agrees, Consumers Need Protection

Tamara Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elizabeth Warren warns that unless a consumer protection agency with real "teeth" is formed, Americans and small businesses will continue to be brought to their knees.

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Hank Paulson: John McCain Gave Me Anxious Days And Hours

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson acknowledged on Sunday that during the intense and grinding days when he was assembling the bank bailout, the t...

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Defining the Second Great Depression

Dylan Loewe | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Democrats can't stand up and clearly articulate the nightmare scenario we were saved from, then the economic disaster that Republicans caused may well be the same disaster that helps them surge back into power.

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Obama's $30 Billion Small-Business Plan Could Be Doomed To Fail

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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During his State of the Union address last week, President Barack Obama said he wants to "take $30 billion of the money Wall Street banks have repaid ...

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

Dear John Thain | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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What Obama is Getting Wrong About Economic Recovery

Karen Dolan | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama announced outlines for a new jobs plan for the country. For the first time, he suggested that up to $200 billion from the "bailout of Wall Street" program should go toward jobs creation ideas.

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Boring

Neil McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even the lies are ... Boring.

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Obama Will Only Use TARP Funds For One Component Of Jobs Push

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration will only use money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program to pay for one of the president's newly announced job-creation ini...

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The Continuing Disaster of Wall Street, One Year Later

Robert Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Let's be clear: Wall Street today is up to the same tricks it was playing before its near-death experience. The only difference now is that its biggest banks know for sure they'll be bailed out if their bets turn sour.

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Cheney Hits Obama Again: 'Devastating' Economic Policies

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama's expansion of the federal government into the financial sector is likely to have "devastating" effects in the long term, forme...

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Dems Fear AIG Greed Could Imperil Global Recovery Effort

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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In hoping to prevent a global economic collapse, Congress and the president have had to walk a fine line. On one side is bubbling populist rage at fai...

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Freedom Watch Is Back: Right-Wing Group Sues For TARP Details

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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A conservative legal group is suing the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve to reveal exactly how the first $350 billion of the financial serv...

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Las Vegas Mayor: Obama Should Apologize To Us

AP | OSKAR GARCIA | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAS VEGAS — Sin City's mayor wants President Barack Obama to apologize for saying companies shouldn't visit Las Vegas on the taxpayer's dime. O...

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GOP Sen. Shelby: Geithner "Wasted" Senate's Time

CBS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, on Wednesday lambasted Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner'...

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Nate Silver: Give Geithner A Break

FiveThirtyEight | Posted 05.25.2011

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I don't think he did well yesterday. I don't know that he's the right guy for the job. But what I do know is the following: 1. Nobody, absolutely nob...

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Krugman: Obama Preparing More Bailouts For Bank Industry 'Bunglers'

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Question: what happens if you lose vast amounts of other people's money? Answer: you get a big gift from the federal government -- but the president s...

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TARP II: Krugman Slams Obama Plan For Second Bailout

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Thursday, news came out that Treasury officials are planning a second bank bailout -- one that could cost another $1 to $2 trillion. In a blog p...

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Citigroup Caves To Obama: Abandons $50M Plane Purchase

ABC | Posted 05.25.2011

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The high-flying execs at Citigroup caved under pressure from President Obama and decided today to abandon plans for a luxurious new $50 million corpor...

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