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Government Sachs: Democracy brought to you by Goldman-trained bureaucrats
By Megan Carpentier |
03.17.10 | 3:03 pm
What do people do at Goldman Sachs all day? They prepare to work at the White House and at the U.S. Treasury Department, that’s what. Even a short list might stun the uninitiated.
Wall Street Journal: Make like a bank and just walk away from debt
By Megan Carpentier |
03.02.10 | 6:30 am
Of all the interesting tidbits in Brett Arends’ article in The Wall Street Journal about how to decide whether to walk away from your mortgage, his admission that the middle class is the only part of America adhering…
Your bailout money paid for lobbying campaigns designed to screw you
By Megan Carpentier |
02.16.10 | 9:08 am
The top eight spenders in the financial industry spent nearly $30 million to lobby Capitol Hill last year, according to Nathaniel Popper of the Los Angeles Times — a 13 percent increase from 2008. That uptick was fueled…
