It's Not the "Great Recession". It's the Great BANK ROBBERY

Thursday, November 11, 2010


It's Not the "Great Recession". It's the Great BANK ROBBERY







In case it's not crystal clear, this isn't the "Great Recession".





It's really the Great Bank Robbery.



First, there was the threat of martial law if the $700 Billion Tarp bailout wasn't passed. Specifically, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson warned Congress that there would be martial law unless the Tarp bailouts were approved.





As I pointed out last October:





The New York Times wrote on July 16th:



In retrospect, Congress felt bullied by Mr. Paulson last year. Many of them fervently believed they should not prop up the banks that had led us to this crisis — yet they were pushed by Mr. Paulson and Mr. Bernanke into passing the $700 billion TARP, which was then used to bail out those very banks.

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Congressmen Brad Sherman and Paul Kanjorski and Senator James Inhofe all say that the government warned of martial law if Tarp wasn't passed: