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March 28, 2009
Our Congress at work
I swear, you can't make this stuff up.
As regular readers of this blog know, I thought the federal bailout of AIG and various other Wall Street firms was a bad idea from the start because it prevented our bankruptcy system from allocating the risk of loss among the creditors of the financially-troubled firms.
Nevertheless, after various forces stoked a climate of fear, Congress approved broad bailout legislation even though it was clear at the time that few of the legislators understood what they were approving.
Not surprisingly, various large creditors of the financially-troubled firms did very well for themselves under the bailout legislation. Can't blame them for protecting their shareholders' interests, now can you?
So now, confronted with the fact that the bailout primarily benefited these large institutional creditors, various members of Congress and New York AG ("Attorney General" or "Aspiring Governor," take your pick) Andrew Cuomo are starting investigations into why AIG did precisely what it was supposed to do -- i.e., pay its bills -- with the bailout funds.
A little late, don't you think?
Posted by Tom at March 28, 2009 12:01 AM
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Many Americans are similar to the guy who co-signs for a large loan to his drunken, no good brother-in-law. The stuff later hits the fan and he behaves as if he is completely surprised.
Posted by: David Thomson ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://blog.kir.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at March 28, 2009 2:04 PM
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