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In reply to the discussion: The Banksters who Stole Uncounted Trillions Should PUT IT BACK. [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)42. What we've learned since then is TARP boss lied. I would hope that bothers you as much as me.
Per Elizabeth Warren:
Warren in new book accuses Kashkari of lying as TARP chief
By Seema Mehta
Los Angeles Times, April 23, 2014, 3:20 PM
In her new book, A Fighting Chance, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren accuses California gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari of lying to her when he led the taxpayer-funded federal bank bailout..
Warren, a Democrat, served as chair of the bipartisan Congressional Oversight Panel that was created in 2008 to scrutinize the $700-billion Troubled Assets Relief Program. In her book, released Tuesday, Warren writes that members of the panel had grown deeply concerned that within seven weeks of the laws passage, $172 billion in taxpayer funds had been committed to various banks with little oversight.
On Nov. 21, 2008, a Friday, the panel met for the first time with Treasury Department officials. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was not available, so they met with Kashkari, who then was an assistant treasury secretary charged with leading the bailout.
We pressed him on the status of the big financial institutions: Did Treasury anticipate additional bailout assistance to the giant banks? Could we see the terms of the arrangements that had been worked out so far? Kashkari objected to the word bailout, so we wrangled about that for a couple of minutes, Warren wrote. But he was very clear on one point: The big cash injections were done, and Treasury would now concentrate on getting assistance to smaller banks.
Within 48 hours, news broke that Citibank, which had already received $25 billion, would receive an additional $20 billion, and a $306-billion taxpayer guarantee, she wrote.
At the same time we were receiving reassurances from the head of TARP that the big bailouts were finished, his colleagues were down the hall negotiating this gargantuan deal to bail out Citibank for a second time, Warren wrote. I was stunned and furious . Our panel hadnt even had our first organizational meeting, but whatever vision Id had of cooperation and candor had vanished.
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Yeah. So, there's that and what Tim Geithner did.
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Yes, it should. An excellent reminder of the corruption and crime that has gone unpunished.
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#75
Thanks, Warpy. A university professor with integrity explains the ''process''...
Octafish
Jun 2014
#24
Thanks, good information if that crook runs for national office. It's very specific.
Warpy
Jun 2014
#91
The Sting: elected a puppet president that's of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich.
Initech
Jun 2014
#7
S&L Crisis: How Traitors and Crooks Learned to Use Positions of Power to Empty the Public Purse.
Octafish
Jun 2014
#35
Thanks, KansDem! What Robert Scheer wrote about Phil Gramm and UBS Money Laundering...
Octafish
Jun 2014
#44
This will continue until either we revolt or we find elites that will champion our cause. nm
rhett o rick
Jun 2014
#16
I believe the Democratic Party is our best hope. They have a lot of money and resources
rhett o rick
Jun 2014
#84
Forgotten history from 2009...FBI actually expected to go after Banksters. What a laugh.
Octafish
Jun 2014
#87
What we've learned since then is TARP boss lied. I would hope that bothers you as much as me.
Octafish
Jun 2014
#42
Really? Is that why the Fed fought Bernie Sanders tooth and nail when he demanded an Audit?
Octafish
Jun 2014
#45