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- Documents confirm Treasury bullied banks
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“Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and Fed chief Ben Bernanke summoned the CEOs of America’s nine largest financial institutions to a meeting on October 13, 2008, at which they were told that their banks would be required to accept TARP money and give the federal government an ownership interest in their institutions, whether they wanted to do so or not. We have it on good authority that some of the bankers, at least, were told that they would not be allowed to leave the room until they signed documents that were presented to them at that meeting.”
- Judicial Watch Forces Release of Bank Bailout Documents
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“The documents confirm former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson told the CEOs of nine major banks that they had no choice but to allow the government to take equity stakes in their institutions. The documents show Obama Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, FDIC Chairman Shelia Blair, and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke co-hosted the meeting with Paulson.”
Some transgender activists want banks to reduce the security on bank accounts, enabling abusive exes to access their victims’ bank accounts.
How important are the last four digits of your social security number? That and a high school yearbook can get a hacker your bank account.