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Oversight panel warns of $2B in TARP losses
The Hill ^ | 10 July 09 | Silla Brush

Posted on 07/10/2009 6:21:53 PM PDT by Lorianne

The government could lose out on more than $2.7 billion if federal officials continue to undervalue part of the financial bailout package, a government watchdog panel will say on Friday.

The Congressional Oversight Panel, working with a team of Harvard Business School professors, estimated that taxpayers had lost one-third of the value of the very small number of warrants that had already been sold by the Treasury Department.

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1 posted on 07/10/2009 6:21:53 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

I say multiply that by 50 and we will be getting close.


2 posted on 07/10/2009 6:27:24 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: Lorianne

Only $2.7 Billion? American Taxpayers will be lucky if we escape with the clothes on our backs when all is said and done!

NOTE: This is OUR money, People! OUR money that they’re p*ssing away at an alarming rate!!


3 posted on 07/10/2009 6:33:42 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Lorianne

“The Congressional Oversight Panel, working with a team of Harvard Business School professors”

....well.......there ya go. The egghead dorks have taken over....


4 posted on 07/10/2009 6:44:56 PM PDT by sfvgto (Dear Congress, my name is Jimmie....gimmie, gimmie, gimmie)
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To: Lorianne; Liz; AT7Saluki; writer33
Oversight panel warns of $2B in TARP losses

Lose it? Where would it go?

5 posted on 07/10/2009 6:50:39 PM PDT by Libloather (Tea Totaler, Birther)
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To: Lorianne

Jamie Dimon - JP Morgan Chase CEO to the US taxpayers. “Thanks alot you suckers!!! How sweet it is make you keep bailing us out and we can dictate the terms. Oh and don’t forget to bank with the strength of Chase!”


6 posted on 07/10/2009 7:15:21 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican
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