You may have missed it in the mainstream news media, but statistical societal indicators are reading red across the board. The economic elite have launched an attack on the U.S. public and society is unraveling at an increased rate.
A new report from the TARP Inspector General further exposes Economic Death Squad leader Tim Geithner’s role in overpayments that put billions of extra tax dollars in the coffers of major Wall Street firms, most notably Goldman Sachs.
AmpedStatus founder and editor David DeGraw was recently interviewed on the Peter B. Collins show. They discuss the economic coup and the devastating consequences for the US public, Obama’s failure to deliver on campaign promises, and what we can do to fight for economic justice.
Dylan Ratigan, one of the few mainstream media voices to speak out against the Financial Coup, has his sights set on Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. We need to heed the call for Geithner’s removal. Here’s a roundup of Ratigan’s latest clips.
In all, Goldman sold more than $57 billion in risky mortgage-backed securities during a 14-month period in 2006 and 2007, including nearly $39 billion issued from mortgages it purchased. Meanwhile, the firm peddled billions of dollars in complex deals, many of them tied to subprime mortgages, in the Caymans and other offshore locations.