[Diogenesis]

This thread seems very important given the flow of money preceding it all.

Who Drafted the Treasury Bailout Plan?

"Sen. Dodd has been rewarded in the 2008 election cycle with $7.65 million in campaign contributions —
he took in $11.7 million in all...
Goldman Sachs, $175,600; Morgan Stanley, $155,000; Credit Suisse, $154,550;
Citigroup, $310,294; SAC Capital Partners, $282,000; United Technologies, $263,400;
AIG, $224,678; Bear Stearns, $205,600; St. Paul Travelers, $205,400; Royal Bank of Scotland, $203,750;
Merrill Lynch, $134,950; The Hartford, $94,350; Bank of America, $91,300
JPMorgan Chase, $129,150; USB, $101,900; Hartford Finance Services, $101,500
Lehman Brothers, $128,400; KPMG, $113,100; General Electric, $108,250; Deloitte Touche, $108,000 ......"

[Issaquahking]

Thomas Jefferson was right -

" What signify a few lives lost in a century or two?
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."

[MileHi]

BUMPing your ping. Just damn...

[ConservativeMan55]

Thank you for the ping

[bert]

Fox is at this very moment giving a report condemning the agreement.

The report speaks strongly against it. Your post wrongly includes Fox with the bad guys.

[mlocher]

Besides the bail out issue, you have defined two other issues that desparately need addressing. 1) What went wrong from a fiscal standpoint? 2)Was there corruption in the system?

Bad legislation needs to fixed. Corruptors need to be skewered.