That quotation is from The Godfather. I hope I didn’t mislead anyone with it. It’s just meant as a pop culture reference demonstrating extortion.
In this case, th Federal Reserve threatened a 5 year audit if the bank didn’t accept TARP funds.
yeah, it might as well have been “brains or signature”. just awful.
Ah, the Treasurty does business like The Godfather...
like when Michael Corleone went to Vegas and told Moe Green he was there to “make a sizeable investment”.... buy the casino .....