Showing posts with label bailout. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bailout. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

“I Want Some TARP”

A song for our times:



A Hilarious Parody of the government bail out and the 700 Billion dollar Tarp bailout stimulus by Bill Zucker. Go to www.billzucker.com and Amazon or itunes to download song...To become a Tarphead, pickup Tarphead gear (tees, hats, bumper, sticker buttons etc) download MP3s and watch the video. Please share this video with anyone you think would appreciate it or needs to laugh during these crazy times....

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Paulson's $140 Billion Surprise

It's a little-known story about the financial crisis. During the frenzied events of the fall, Henry Paulson rewrote a piece of the tax code to expedite mergers. The quiet alteration amounts to an estimated $140 billion windfall for big banks. Some critics say Paulson's move was too autocratic, others argue that it was much more than that-that it was downright illegal. Will Tim Geithner and the Democrats attempt to correct the wrong?