by Richard Eskow | Mar 17, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
SoSome politicians are so determined to serve their corporate patrons that even disasters like Fukushima can't lessen their anti-government zeal. The expression for that kind of determination is "Come hell or high water." Now, thanks to deregulation and government...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 14, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
After a big buildup, the hacker group Anonymous released its first batch of whistleblower emails regarding Bank of America. The result was ... confusion. Maybe they're real, maybe not. (We assume they are.) Maybe they're a letdown. Maybe not. Here's what we know and...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 14, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
People in Wisconsin are pulling their money out of Marshall & Ilsley (M&I) Bank because they know it's been helping their Governor's crusade against public employees and the middle class. They might also like to know that M&I's executives ran one of the most...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 11, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Today we saw state troopers in Madison tearing peaceful protesters out of their own capitol after the Senate voted to deprive them of their rights. Video footage of that event should come with a label: Brought to you by the State of Wisconsin, a wholly owned...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Let's begin with a multiple choice test. The United States of America is: a) a for-profit corporation; b) a family, like the typical American family in a 1960's sitcom; c) a nation -- with a national economy and nation-sized problems. If you answered "c," there's good...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 3, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Bankers began whining as soon as word of a proposed mortgage fraud settlement fraud case hit the street, even though it was a pretty sweet deal for them. From the Wall Street Journal: "Banks Bristle at Mortgage-Loan Plan." Even the lightest, most symbolic of penalties...
