Bailout Money Given to Goldman Sachs Went Overseas...

Bailout Money Given to Goldman Sachs Went Overseas... doctorbulldog | 26 July, 2010 at 3:53 pm | Categories: Economics, Economy, Obama Sucks, politics | URL: http://wp.me/p1NPg-6kl

Are you really that surprised?

Goldman reveals where bailout cash went
By Karen Mracek and Thomas Beaumont, Des Moines Register - via USA Today

Goldman Sachs sent $4.3 billion in federal tax money to 32 entities, including many overseas banks, hedge funds and pensions, according to information made public Friday night.

Goldman Sachs disclosed the list of companies to the Senate Finance Committee after a threat of subpoena from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Ia.

Asked the significance of the list, Grassley said, "I hope it's as simple as taxpayers deserve to know what happened to their money."

He added, "We thought originally we were bailing out AIG. Then later on ... we learned that the money flowed through AIG to a few big banks, and now we know that the money went from these few big banks to dozens of financial institutions all around the world."

Grassley said he was reserving judgment on the appropriateness of U.S. taxpayer money ending up overseas until he learns more about the 32 entities.

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