Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies (57 page)

19
John D. Mckinnon and T. W. Farnam, “Hedge Fund Paid Summers $5.2 Million in Past Year,”
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20
Lawrence Summers, “The $700bn bail-out and the budget,”
Financial Times
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21
Andrew Wheat, “The Fall of the Peso and the Mexican ‘Miracle,’”
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22
Article available at:
http://multinationalmonitor.org/hyper/issues/1995/04/mm0495_06.html
.

23
David E. Sanger, “Mexico Repays Bailout by U.S. Ahead of Time,”
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24
Ibid.

25
Edward Luce, “Obama promises bipartisan action on deficits,”
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26
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27
Robert Scheer, “Summers: Living Large and in Charge,”
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28
Sharona Coutts and Jake Bernstein, “Former Clinton Official Says Democrats, Obama Advisers Share Blame for Market Meltdown,” ProPublica, October 9, 2008; available online at:
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29
Robert Scheer, “Summers: Living Large and in Charge,” op cit.

30
Dan Froomkin, “Millions of Reasons to Doubt Summers,”
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31
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32
Andrew Ross Sorkin, “Where Was Geithner in Turmoil?”
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33
Karen Tumulty and Massimo Calabresi, “Three Men And a Bailout,”
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34
Yalman Onaran & Michael McKee, “In Geithner We Trust?” Bloomberg News, March 3, 2009; available online at:
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35
Jonathan Weisman, “Geithner’s Tax History Muddles Confirmation,”
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36
“Reid: Senate Must Confirm Geithner as Soon as Possible,” democrats.
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37
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38
“Ford Foundation Links Parents of Obama and Treasury Secretary Nominee,”
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39
Ryan Donmoyer, “‘Joe the Plumber,’ Obama Tax-Plan Critic, Owes Taxes,” Bloomberg News, October 16, 2008; available online at:
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40
Byron York, “Geithner Accepted IMF Reimbursement for Taxes He Didn’t Pay,”
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41
John D. McKinnon and Bob Davis, “IMF Informed Geithner on Taxes,”
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42
Peter Hartcher, “Obama’s economic saviour savaged as Keating lets rip,”
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43
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44
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45
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46
Andrew Ross Sorkin, “Where Was Geithner In Turmoil?” op cit.

47
“To Catch a (Tax) Thief,”
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48
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49
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50
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51
Ibid.

52
David Gaffen, “Will You Please, Be Quiet, Please?”
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53
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54
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55
David Gaffen, “Will You Please, Be Quiet, Please?” op cit.

56
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57
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58
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59
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60
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61
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62
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63
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64
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65
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66
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67
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68
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