Eliot's Mess Greg Palast

Greg Palast by Greg Palast | Mar. 14, 2008 (Opinion)
The $200 billion bail-out for predator banks and Spitzer charges are intimately linked

Instead of regulating the banks that had run amok, Bush's regulators went on the warpath against Spitzer and states attempting to stop predatory practices. Making an unprecedented use of the legal power of "federal pre-emption," Bush-bots ordered the states to NOT enforce their consumer protection laws. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business, Living
Topics: Bush Administration, U.S. Economy, Finance, Housing
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Mar 18, 2008 - 10:29 AM PDT
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