TARP Warrant Sale Shows Banks May Reap ‘Ruthless Bargain'

Banks negotiating to reclaim stock warrants they granted in return for Troubled Asset Relief Program money may shortchange taxpayers by almost $10 billion if Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s first sale sets the pace, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Full Story »

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Kenneth Sibbett
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by Kenneth Sibbett - May. 22, 2009

A very overall report on how, as usual, the American taxpayer gets the shaft.

If anyone thought the taxpayer was going to benefit form this TARP, they need to get a tarp, wrap theirself in it and cry. The only people who will make money on this is politicians. lobbyists, and banks.

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