Goldman Sachs Socialism
By William Greider
Wall Street put a gun to the head of the politicians and said, Give us the money--right now--or take the blame for whatever follows. The audacity of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's bailout proposal is reflected in what it refuses to say: no explanations of how the bailout will work, no demands on the bankers in exchange for the public's money.
The Treasury's opaque,three-page summary of plan includes this chilling statement...read more...
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By the by, at Jude's Threshold a while ago I posted on Bush's TV tout tonight on behalf of Paulson's bailout scheme and noted that when Bush finished speaking at 9:14 pm edt, the Speculator pair's midpoint was at Midheaven in Washington DC - for all the world to see.
And since 2009 is the Year of Jupiter-Neptune, I'd like to make the midpoint picture a smidge more visible in my gnat-like way...
Jupiter-Neptune = Mc: speculators, visionaries, spendthrifts, fortune-hunters, or squanderers; the potential for all kinds of indulgence; philanthropists; harm or damage through thoughtlessness. (Tyl; Ebertin.)
Peep eye!