…are a good indicator of risk, Paulson and Magnetar could make money by selecting the worst instruments with a given rating. Etc. If risk assessment isn’t rule based, it’s harder…

Pete Davis: Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson initially sold Congress in the fall of 2008 on emergency intervention to purchase “toxic assets,” but quickly reversed course in favor of direct capital…

…is this any different? It isn’t. But why is this any different that the pandering to Goldman that you have been applauding for the entire Paulson/Geithner/Summers maiming of Main Street?…

…a subprime lender, even after they wrote to Goldman’s then-Chief Executive Henry Paulson — later U.S. Treasury secretary — in 2003. Unable to identify a lender, the couple could neither…

…me more than it probably does Rusty).* Going back to what Hank Paulson said, “these things are never over until you have a couple of institutions go that surprise everyone.”…

…look back on the near-collapse of the banking system they may say that the Congress and Henry Paulson threw enough money into the path of the oncoming failure of the…

…crisp new hundred dollar bills missing in Iraq, Paulson asking for $750 billion, not strings attached (add yours here)… ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME! You want to give the power…

…would have had under the original Paulson TARP proposal. If a few of the suspect assets turn out to be OK private investors will win and the Treasury will just…

…billions to Goldman Sachs were financed by the US Treasury by former Goldman Sachs CEO Hank Paulson becaues of his decision to save AIG made after a meeting whith Goldman…

…“Now that the legislation has been blocked by Senate Republicans, the UAW calls on Secretary Paulson to use his authority to provide TARP funds to provide emergency assistance to the…