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news.yahoo.com - 3/12/2009
Official warns Congress not to force lending (AP)
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AP - The official in charge of the Treasury's $700 billion bailout program for the financial sector warned Congress that the government should not force banks to make loans that bankers may deem risky.

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AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth:  Paulson-lite speaks out in defense of Wall Street

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Paulson-lite speaks out in defense of Wall Street
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Why is this guy still employed at the Treasury department? And here I thought you had to be a Citibank employee to work at Treasury these days. To be fair to Paulson-lite, it's good to see that you can also be a Goldman Sachs alum and still get a job in this team. Obviously Kashari isn't very well-versed on the nuances of a democratic government, where elected officials that bail out gamblers get to call the shots. Maybe he can dig into how lucky Goldman is to get that AIG bailout money instead of lecturing Congress about how the system ought to work. ...

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