World-News

Enter a term to search in World-News:

Die Suche nach »taxpayer« hat 482 Resultate geliefert. Angezeigt werden die Resultate von 171 bis 180.



Geithner Plan Will Rob US Taxpayers
By Reuters The U.S. government plan to rid banks of toxic assets will rob American taxpayers by exposing them to too much risk and is unlikely to work as long as the economy remains weak, Nobel Prize-winning... ...
Geithner's Public Private Partnership Puts Public Most at Risk
http://www.commondreams.or g/view/2009/03/24-14 Fisc al Plan Fails both Markets and Taxpayers http://www.commo ndreams.org/view/2009/03/2 4-8 Perfect Storm of Environmental and Economic Collapse Closer Than... ...
Follow the bailout cash
Newsweek by Michael Isikoff and Dina Fine Maron 03/21/09 There was plenty of outrage on Capitol Hill last week over the executive bonuses paid out by AIG after getting federal bailout money. But another... ...
A.I.G. Bonuses: Class War in the Media
Dean Baker, Truthout: "The debate over the A.I.G. bonuses is class war in its full naked glory. On the surface, everyone agreed that paying multi-million bonuses to the folks who bankrupted their company... ...
On the edge of the volcano
The emperor has no clothes Socialist Watch by Benjamin Weingarten 03/19.09 What we are seeing right now are the kinds of last ditch efforts that reveal how truly inept and desperate our leaders are.... ...
If you’re a little guy, a contract means nothing
TruthDig by Marie Cocco 03/19/09 With due deference to George Orwell, all contracts are equal. But some contracts are more equal than others. Contracts entered into by the hotshots at American International... ...
The Real AIG Scandal
Eliot Spitzer, Slate Magazine: "Everybody is rushing to condemn AIG's bonuses, but this simple scandal is obscuring the real disgrace at the insurance giant: Why are AIG's counterparties getting paid back... ...
Hypocritical posturing by Obama over AIG bonuses
OpenMarket.org by Hans Bader In response to public outrage, Obama is belatedly criticizing the millions of dollars in bonuses that AIG, which is being bailed by taxpayers at a cost of $170 billion, is... ...
Outrage against AIG set to mount
Outrage against American International Group (AIG) is set to grow after the ailing insurance giant said that more than half the taxpayer bailout money it has received has been paid to investment firm Goldman... ...
Still no end in sight to the corruption in Washington
Let the Thing Be Pressed Marc Ash, Truthout: "Still no end in sight to the corruption in Washington. While the Democrats now control both houses of Congress and the White House, the raging wildfire of... ...