Archive for December 22nd, 2008

Where’d the bailout money go? Shh, it’s a secret

One thing we were promised when Congress passed the bailout bill was accountability. It appears there is no transparency or accountability for the billions of dollars that the American taxpayer is shelling out to these banks. They decline to disclose how the money is being spent. They decline? How does that [...]

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Secret Tapes Helped Build Graft Cases In Illinois

This is a very long but interesting read concerning the far reaching corruption in Chicago politics.
Why is it that corruption in politics has come to be expected and pretty much a given?
By Carrie Johnson and Kimberly Kindy
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, December 22, 2008; Page A01
CHICAGO — The wide-ranging public corruption probe that led to the [...]

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