David Sirota: Stripping Paulson of His Remaining Power & Money

[marmar]

from OurFuture.org:



Stripping Paulson of His Remaining Power & Money
By David Sirota

November 17th, 2008 - 12:12pm ET



Remember when Doris Kearns Goodwin and the rest of the elite media socialites took to the studios of Charlie Rose's show to portray the opponents of the bailout as wild-eyed leftists? Seems there's some serious bipartisan pushback going on (h/t Atrios):

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Saturday that Congress was not told the truth about the bailout of the nation's financial system and should take back what is left of the $700 billion "blank check'' it gave the Bush administration.

"It is just outrageous that the American people don't know that Congress doesn't know how much money he (Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson) has given away to anyone,'' the Oklahoma Republican told the Tulsa World.

"It could be to his friends. It could be to anybody else. We don't know. There is no way of knowing.''

Inhofe, who on issues like global warming is something of a know-nothing, is nonetheless absolutely correct on this one. Bailoutsleuth.com has been reporting how Paulson has tried to shroud bailout expenditures in secrecy, while Bloomberg News recently reported that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is refusing to release the names of the recipients of about $2 trillion in taxpayer-funded loans. .......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2008114717/stripping-paulson-his-remaining-power-money

[snappyturtle]

1. K&R Paulson=thief in my book. nt

[bdamomma]

2. Paulson Ex CEO of Goldman Sachs

I wonder where his loyalties lie? :sarcasm:

[maxsolomon]

3. i AGREE with INHOFE?

heaven forfend!