The Government Lied When It Said It Only Bailed Out Healthy Banks … 12 of the 13 Big Banks Were Going Bust

The Government’s Entire Strategy Was to Cover Up the Truth by Washington's Blog We noted in 2011 that the Geithner, Bernanke and Paulson lied about the health of the big banks in pitching bailouts to Congress and the American people: The big banks were all insolvent during the 1980s. And they all became insolvent again in 2008. See this and this. The bailouts were certainly rammed down our throats under false pretenses. But here’s the more important point. Paulson and Bernanke falsely stated that the big banks receiving Tarp money were healthy, when they were not. They were insolvent. Tim Geithner falsely stated that the banks passed some time of an objective stress test but they did not. They were insolvent. Read more »