> dredmond wrote:
>
> the bankster bailout was $14 trillion ..
>
> ^^^^^
> Dennis, I remember a _Financial Times_ story a year and a half ago or
> so with this order of magnitude for the bailout. What is your research and
> analysis reaching this figure ?
The data is from the US Government, the analysis is from Nomi Prins. I was being conservative with the $14 trillion, by the way -- the actual total funds mobilized was $19 trillion, because the $14 trillion doesn't include the takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's $5 trillion in assets. Nomi's website:
The grand total of all the bailouts is available here:
http://nomiprins.squarespace.com/storage/anniversary102010.pdf
Bottom line is, the US Fed and Treasury stepped in to guarantee $14 trillion of bankster-generated debt. They didn't spend all this money, of course, so as the liquidity crisis receded, they reduced the guarantees down to the current $7.8 trillion.
-- DRR