Consortiumblog: The Oligarchy's Bailout Ball

Saturday, February 14, 2009

By Michael Winship
February 14, 2009

You know what they say -- half a million dollars just doesn't go as far as it used to.

Read on.

Anonymous said...: Very well written post, it gives a lot of food for thought. I hope that Geithner is able to push the envelope and make the fat cats a lot leaner.

But I really don't hold out a lot of hope for the major changes that are necessary to make things better when the same people are running things still.

Power is as power does.; Sat Feb 14, 01:31:00 PM 2009
Mark E. Smith said...: If anything, Geithner will make the fat cats a lot fatter.

And the rest of us a lot leaner.

Obama couldn't have raised all that campaign money without promising to put the foxes in charge of the chicken coop, and that's exactly what he has done.; Sat Feb 14, 11:00:00 PM 2009

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