Showing posts with label Federal Reserve. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Federal Reserve. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 08, 2011

The Biggest Swindle ever is happening behind closed doors!

It appears that our entire Congress is standing by silently while Ben Bernanke works his magic for the 1%. IF you thought the first Bank Bail out with less than 1 trillion dollars in TARP funds was bad...and then thought it was egregious when Senator Bernie Sanders audit of the Federal Reserved uncovered 15 trillion dollars in no interest loans to bail out the banks...

Then sit down and buckle your seat belt. If this doesn't get your blood boiling then get yourself to the doctor you might be dead.

It appears that Ben Bernanke of the Federal Reserve has come up with a totally new way to bail out the banks. Facilitate the transfer of risky derivatives to a FDIC branch of the bank. Who is set up to benefit? The Bank of America--Bofa--has been given the green light from Ben Bernanke to transfer 75 TRILLION dollars worth of risky derivatives from one subsidary holding company to an FDIC insured bank that is "flush with deposits."

Bloomberg reports that BOFA Chief Financial Officer Bruce Thompson believes such transfer is “the normal course of dealings that we’ve had with counterparties since Merrill Lynch and BofA came together.”

According to Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi:

It,’ Matt Taibbi noted:
“(BY) shifting… derivatives contracts onto its own federally-insured balance sheet… an irresponsible debtor, Bank of America, is keeping a loan shark from breaking its legs by getting his rich parents to co-sign his loan. The parents in this metaphor would be the FDIC. The FDIC naturally is not pleased with this development, but the Fed, the supreme banking regulator, is apparently encouraging this move. Here’s how Bloomberg characterized this move: ‘ In short, the Fed’s priorities seem to lie with protecting the bank-holding company from losses at Merrill, even if that means greater risks for the FDIC’s insurance fund.’
“AGAIN and again, the Fed proves it has no appetite for allowing Wall Street to eat its own pain, and continually encourages banks to stick the government with its losses and bad assets. This move will allow Bank of America to keep a Band-Aid over its disastrous financial situation far longer than it would be able to in a genuinely free market. People should be outraged at this development.”


Cenk Uygur explains the situation:



It sounds like the Senate needs to rein in the Federal Reserve asap. Contact your Senator and hopefully your Senator will not be representing the 1% and simply being silent and going along with this outrageous new way for taxpayers to bail out the risky investments by Banks.

You might also ask Obama why he doesn't fire Timothy Geithner who appears to once again be protecting fake people (corporations) and promoting the Bankster's agenda instead of protecting real people.

This is a five alarm Buzz....Buzz.....

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Insider Shenanigans



Is anyone going to be held accountable for the disappearance of trillions of dollars? Are the American people going to allow a few powerful wealthy insiders to rob us blind?

When are we simply going to put the Federal Reserve and the Banks under the control of our government and put some folks in jail who have literally ripped us off from the inside.

Where's the change we were promised? When are the folks behind this going to be held accountable?

Where's the justice in America?

Monday, July 07, 2008

PSA--Speak Up to make the credit card corps play fair

You can air that gripe about the unexpected interest-rate increase on your credit card. The Federal Reserve is now accepting consumer comments on proposed rule changes to "begin" making credit card companies treat their customers more fairly....like charge the interest price promised and not hike the rate up on goods purchased under a lower rate......

Go Here for instructions on how to have your concerns heard.