Posts Tagged ‘taxpayer’

Citigroup to Invest $10 Billion of Taxpayer Money in Spain!

Monday, December 1, 2008 20:09 No Comments

The heavily indebted Spanish construction group Sacyr Vallehermoso announced the sale of the highway operator Itinere Infraestructuras to Citigroup for $10 Billion (7.88 Billion Euro’s).

Citigroup is buying a toll road (Highway) in Spain.
You can’t make this stuff up!
Citigroup? The bank that was on the verge of failing last week. The bank that was on [...]

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Obama Cabinet Picks: A Who’s Who of Establishment Insiders

Monday, November 24, 2008 21:51 6 Comments

Timothy F. Geithner
Obama Cabinet Position: Treasury Secretary
Political Party: Democrat
Career: Ford Foundation, Kissinger and Associates (Major Lobbying Firm), IMF, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Under Secretary of Treasury under Larry Summers and Robert Rubin.
Member: Bilderberg Group, Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission
Notable Events: In 2007, he brokered the sale of Bear Stearns to JP Morgan [...]

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$7.7 Trillion and Counting

Monday, November 24, 2008 19:26 No Comments

The U.S. government is ready to provide $7.7 trillion of American taxpayer money after guaranteeing $306 billion of Citigroup Inc. debt yesterday. These pledges amount to HALF OF US GDP and almost four times the amount the Government receives in tax revenue per year.
The US dollar sold off on the news as gold spiked [...]

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