The US Treasury’s effort to stabilise the banking system through the TARP programme is a hopelessly ill-conceived policy that enriches speculators at public expense, according to the buy-out firm supposed to be pioneering the joint public-private bank rescues.
“The taxpayers ought to know that we are in effect receiving a subsidy. They put in 40% of the money but get little of the equity upside,” said Mark Patterson, chairman of MatlinPatterson Advisers. The comments are likely to infuriate Tim Geithner, the US Treasury Secretary, because MatlinPatterson took advantage of the TARP’s matching funds to buy Flagstar Bancorp in Michigan.
Does this sound familiar? Well it should if you read this blog on 24 March, 2 hours after the TARP proposals came out. If you didn't read this post.
Holy Moses! I am good at this game.
1 comment:
Good?
Informative, incisive, witty.
Try fucking brilliant!
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