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Uploaded by on Mar 14, 2009

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden questions Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, about the causes of the AIG Meltdown, and how this will be prevented in the future? Wyden then demands transparency on the AIG CounterParties (to those Toxic Assets), so that the American Taxpayers will know exactly who is being bailed out, indicating that Geithner's own credibility and future effectiveness, will hinge on such transparency.

Geithner offers an unsolicited statement of his own outrage about the irresponsible banks, and the reasons why such drastic Bailout actions were needed by the Govt -- basically to maintain the faith and confidence in American Institutions, in the Global Market, especially among our Country's Creditors.

Source: CSpan - Senate Budget Hearing - 3/12/2009

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  • its worse than greed, these people should all be put in jail!!!!

  • It looks like the guys went for the quick profits while they could . This shit is dishonest . Greedy bastards.

  • "Gee willakers, Senator Wyden, we couldn't do ANYTHING that wasn't perfectly legal and Constitutional...We just HAD to funnel billions and billions of dollars through AIG because otherwise my friends at Goldman Sachs would have to go out and get real jobs..."

  • This guy is a complete idiot. Why was this AIG business risky?

    And if it was risky, why would it matter if it were tied to an insurance company? I guess that mans it would be okay if it were NOT TIED to an insurance company?

    The FIRST thing that the government should have done was to decouple the Financial Products from the Insurance business. If it were risky, it should have shut it down (and then no bonuses).

    CDS are insurance on an uninsurable risk and create moral hazard. BAM!!!

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