nytimes.com - 3/16/2009
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The Obama administration’s new plan to bail out the nation’s banks was fashioned after a spirited internal debate that pitted the Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, against some of the president’s top political hands.
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justoneminute.typepad.com - 3/19/2009
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The WaPo tries to put together a timeline
of when Geithner learned of the AIG bonuses while...
overlooking the interesting Liddy testimony fro the hearing: LIDDY: Yeah, I don't have a comment on that. I talked to the Treasury secretary...
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But Who Controls The Teleprompter?
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Cenk Uygur: Fake Outrage by Politicians About AIG Bonuses
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... And now the Obama administration is saying it about the AIG bonuses, as they damn well knew it was going to happen. In fact, they pushed for it to happen. Several times, Tim Geithner argued that companies receiving bailouts should be allowed to give most of their executives any damn bonus they like. And he won that argument. ...
Fake Outrage by Politicians About AIG Bonuses
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It is the favorite excuse of losers - no one could have seen it coming. Condoleezza Rice said it about 9/11 after she had been handed a memo saying, "Bin Laden Determined to Strike Inside the United States." George Bush said it about the levees not holding during Hurricane Katrina after he had sat through a presentation on how the levees will not hold during Hurricane Katrina. CNBC said it about the crash of the market and economy as they bragged day in and day out about how well they knew the market. And now the Obama administration is saying it about the AIG bonuses, as they damn well knew it was going to happen. In fact, they pushed for it to happen. Several ...
Cenk Uygur: What Did Geithner Know and When Did He Know It?
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... Look at this article from February 9th in the New York Times that explains how he fought against pay caps - and won. How is this not completely his responsibility? ...
What Did Geithner Know and When Did He Know It?
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There are now conflicting stories about when Tim Geithner knew about the AIG bonuses. The administration says he found out last week. But Congress (and obviously the administration) knew of plans to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses last fall. There was an SEC filing to pay $469 million in "retention payments" to AIG executives in November of last year. How could Geithner not have known about any of this? He'd have to be the only one in Washington that didn't know. More troubling is his earlier instance, especially during the stimulus package fight, that these companies be able to pay bonuses without much limitation. Look at this ...
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