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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (84052)	10/20/2010 10:42:24 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 89467

A Robin Hood Tax to Pay for the Wars truth-out.org

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (84052)	10/20/2010 3:05:30 PM
From: Broken_Clock	1 Recommendation Respond to of 89467

“The huge wealth transfer from fixed-income pensioners to the banks has helped the banks repay TARP,” Petzel said. The government and the Fed took on more risk than just TARP during the crisis, which isn’t reflected in the program’s cost, said Nomi Prins, a former Goldman Sachs managing director and author of the 2009 book, “It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street.” According to Prins’s tally, the money plowed into the financial system to prop it up peaked at $19.4 trillion. Banks have benefited from that cash, which helped keep prices of mortgage securities, house prices and other assets overvalued, Prins said in an interview. Even though some of the support has been withdrawn, part of it will likely be lost, such as the hundreds of billions of dollars put into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, she said. === I know tejek can't understand what he reads...but i thought you were above that....