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Now Let Us Admire The Clever Way In Which Bank Of America Has Screwed Taxpayers Again (BAC)
"Bank of America raised $19 billion of new equity. It paid the government $45 billion of TARP funds back. To make up the difference, it borrowed $26 billion of new funds from the Fed (at a subsidized rate, no less).
And taxpayers are on the hook every bit as much with the Fed loans to Bank of America as they were for the TARP capital. The only thing that has changed is that taxpayers don't have any control anymore. Bank of America can now take that money and do whatever it wants with it, including paying out tremendous bonuses for making stupid loans."
Why I love Britain's socialized healthcare system | Salon
"the NHS is about -- common decency. It is about the shared belief that all the people who live in the United Kingdom constitute a society, and a decent society provides certain necessities for its members. Freedom from hunger is one. Police protection is another. Free healthcare from the cradle to the grave is simply one more item on this list."
Home sales and median prices drop in Chicago :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Business
In the city of Chicago, sales of existing homes plunged 27.5 percent in May year-over-year to 1,537. Sales rose 11.5 percent from April. Prices sank 29.5 percent to $225,000, but rose 2.3 percent from April.
LRB · John Lanchester: It’s Finished
Even if we fall short of the IMF option in favour of a run-of-the-mill severe recession, the consequences for Britain are going to be horrific. Roads and schools and hospitals will go unbuilt and unrepaired, medical treatments will go unbought, nurses and policemen and council workers will be laid off. Six hundred thousand jobs have been created in local government in the last few years. Most of them will have to go
MichaelMoore.com : Goodbye, GM ...by Michael Moore
Michael Moore's suggestions as to what to do with GM seem good to me.
The Size of Derivatives Bubble = $190K Per Person on Planet
HT Boingboing "Whilst outstanding derivatives are notional amounts until they are crystallised, actual exposure is measured by the net credit equivalent. This is normally a lower figure unless ... catastrophic unpredictable events... such as cascades of b
Beth Israel workers agree to go without to save jobs - The Boston Globe
People are worried about the next paycheck, because they're only a few paychecks away from not being able to pay the mortgage or the rent.
But a lot of them realize that everybody's in the same boat and that their boat doesn't rise because someone else's
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