Banks Paying $25B? NOT

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Thursday February 16, 2012 · 11:20 PM PST

2012/02/16 · 23:20

I am beside myself with fury!!

Remember this a day or two ago? Woooo, the big bad State Attorneys General all teamed up and got those nasty banks to pay us back! Of course, it wasn't much. Losses currently clock in at $7 Trillion so $25 Billion is the proverbial drop in the old bucket, dear Liza - but it's something, by Golly!
And, ohhh, the banks gnashed their teeth and stomped their feet, but we got 'em! Right?

WRONG! wrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrong
wrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrongwrong
wrongwrongwroooooooooong!!!

Look! Right HERE
In case you want to know, this is what it says:

US Taxpayers To Subsidise $40B Housing Settlement!

Yup, you read that right. Read it again, just to make sure.
The article is short, but here's the part that you will choke on

a clause in the provisional agreement – which has not been made public – allows the banks to count future loan modifications made under a 2009 foreclosure-prevention initiative towards their restructuring obligations for the new settlement, according to people familiar with the matter. The existing $30bn initiative, the Home Affordable Modification Programme (Hamp), provides taxpayer funds as an incentive to banks, third party investors and troubled borrowers to arrange loan modifications.

There is no good news. They will NEVER give up their filthy lucre, not ever.

And by the way, I would LOVE to be misunderstanding this. Really.

Hello? Apparently Obama Has Reduced The Deficit

chlduvth70s

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Tuesday September 14, 2010 · 5:13 PM PDT

2010/09/14 · 17:13

Sorry for the hit and run, but family duty calls. In any case, I didn't see this anywhere and it seems like it is a bit of reality-based news that the MSM is, surprise, severely under-reporting: according to the Department of Treasury Financial Management Service, year over year, the deficit is down 8%!

KEITH OLBERMANN - THIS HAS YOUR NAME ON IT!!

chlduvth70s

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Sunday June 22, 2008 · 12:53 PM PDT

2008/06/22 · 12:53

Dear Keith,
House Resolution 362 and Senate Resolution 580, as I'm sure you know, both grant the Presnit the freedom to blockade Iran!!

Holy Iraq War Resolution-Groundhog Day Clusterf--k, Batman!

Dems are supporting it! Hell, Evan Bayh is sponsoring the Senate version.

Top of the hour, special comment, daily reminder, crawl with all sponsors and supporters of these insane resolutions, whatever it takes, Keith, get at it - PLEASE.

EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN NEEDS TO KNOW THIS IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW! God help us if we do it, and I pray, pray, pray we won't, but everyone needs to know exactly what we're doing if we allow this to happen. IGNORANCE IS NOT AN EXCUSE!

I was making good progress climbing out of the rabbit hole, but my handhold just failed and I am falling again...

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