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The Wall Street Journal reports that the banking industry is lobbying the FDIC to allow banks to use taxpayer aid to buy back their own toxic assets. The hosts argue this confirms their previous analysis of the Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP) as a scam. They claim the program allows banks to clear their books while the taxpayer assumes 80% of the risk with little upside.
As Bernard Madoff's June 17 sentencing approaches, the hosts speculate on the location of the missing $50 billion. They suggest a "hustle" where investors were insured by AIG, which was subsequently bailed out by taxpayers, effectively covering the Ponzi scheme's losses with public funds. Curry predicts the eventual creation of an international banker's court to handle such financial crimes.
Adam Curry posits that the financial crisis is a "ponzi on top of a ponzi" designed to stick US taxpayers with a $50 billion bill. The hosts examine Mary Shapiro's appearance on the cover of Equities Magazine and her role in consolidating NYSE regulation into FINRA. They argue that the current financial system is a rigged scam where wealth is extracted and then backstopped by the public.
