Banks with political ties got bailouts, study shows
(Via Drudge) Oddly enough, Reuters completely forgot to mention any particularly egregious examples. This one in particular: you’d think that they would have wanted to do some actual reporting on skulduggery.
OneUnited Bank in Massachusetts got aid after Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) inserted language into the bailout bill that effectively directed Treasury to give the bank special consideration. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) also helped the bank, in which her husband held shares, by arranging a meeting between government officials and a group including OneUnited’s chief executive. The bank got $12.1 million last December, but it has made only a single dividend payment. It has now missed payments in three straight quarters, and it is not required to make up the missed payments.
You’d think.