It Is News That the AIG Bailout Was a Way to Give Money to Goldman Sachs

Andrew Ross Sorkin tells us that the fact the AIG bailout was about helping Goldman Sachs and other big banks is not news because we knew it all along. This is one that gets the blood flowing early in the morning.


This brings to mind the old line, what's this "we" jazz, white man? Yes, it was knowable that the AIG bailout was about saving the banks and many of us argued that at the time. But this money was not generally included on the list of handouts to Goldman Sachs and its CEO Lloyd Blank...

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Published on October 07, 2014 02:32
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