does congress run the banks? or do the banks run congress?

[cool hand]

[Winehole23]

Ok, I'll bite.

We seem to be wagering everything on the banks.

[Winehole23]

The conflicts of interest in the AIG bailout and the TARP became evident in retrospect but were predicted beforehand. King Hank. Tim Geithner is a former Fed President. Have we stopped throwing money at banks yet or taken them over? or even had a peek at their books?

At the timestamp our official policy is still strikingly pro-bank IMO.