Help voters understand what just happened<\/a>.<\/p>\n[tags]federal bailout, 700 billion, financial collapse, financial industry, banks, banking industry, corruption, goldman sachs, barack obama, wall street, executives, john mccain, republicans and democrats, single party, capitalism, the washington consensus, bailout the rich[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
See Also: What benefits do the taxpayers get out of the bailout bill?, No investigation of those who caused fake \u2018crisis\u2019, 7 Out Of 9 Banks Agree: Bailout Is A Failout, AIG Execs Caught Wasting Even More Of Our Money After Bailout, JPMorgan Responsible for the Destruction of U.S. Financial System, Bailout my ass!, Even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":531,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[220],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
The Washington Consensus: Bailout the Rich<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Who benefits from the federal bailout? The corporate executives and corrupt businessmen who caused the financial meltdown in the first place.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/progressive-economics\/10\/17\/the-washington-consensus-bailout-the-rich\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Washington Consensus: Bailout the Rich\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Who benefits from the federal bailout? The corporate executives and corrupt businessmen who caused the financial meltdown in the first place.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/progressive-economics\/10\/17\/the-washington-consensus-bailout-the-rich\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Prose Before Hos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-10-17T16:31:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-12-26T21:40:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/bailoutposter.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Progressive Economics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@pbhnetwork\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@pbhnetwork\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Progressive Economics\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/progressive-economics\/10\/17\/the-washington-consensus-bailout-the-rich\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/progressive-economics\/10\/17\/the-washington-consensus-bailout-the-rich\/\",\"name\":\"The Washington Consensus: Bailout the Rich\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-10-17T16:31:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-12-26T21:40:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8e8ddd9da9b67f8f3dedd70e2d1ad230\"},\"description\":\"Who benefits from the federal bailout? The corporate executives and corrupt businessmen who caused the financial meltdown in the first place.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/progressive-economics\/10\/17\/the-washington-consensus-bailout-the-rich\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/progressive-economics\/10\/17\/the-washington-consensus-bailout-the-rich\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/progressive-economics\/10\/17\/the-washington-consensus-bailout-the-rich\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Washington Consensus: Bailout The Rich\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/\",\"name\":\"Prose Before Hos\",\"description\":\"The Far Side Of Politics\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8e8ddd9da9b67f8f3dedd70e2d1ad230\",\"name\":\"Progressive Economics\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/prosebeforehos.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/author\/progressive-economics\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Washington Consensus: Bailout the Rich","description":"Who benefits from the federal bailout? The corporate executives and corrupt businessmen who caused the financial meltdown in the first place.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/progressive-economics\/10\/17\/the-washington-consensus-bailout-the-rich\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Washington Consensus: Bailout the Rich","og_description":"Who benefits from the federal bailout? The corporate executives and corrupt businessmen who caused the financial meltdown in the first place.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/progressive-economics\/10\/17\/the-washington-consensus-bailout-the-rich\/","og_site_name":"Prose Before Hos","article_published_time":"2008-10-17T16:31:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-12-26T21:40:25+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/bailoutposter.jpg"}],"author":"Progressive Economics","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@pbhnetwork","twitter_site":"@pbhnetwork","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Progressive Economics","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/progressive-economics\/10\/17\/the-washington-consensus-bailout-the-rich\/","url":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/progressive-economics\/10\/17\/the-washington-consensus-bailout-the-rich\/","name":"The Washington Consensus: Bailout the Rich","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-10-17T16:31:39+00:00","dateModified":"2012-12-26T21:40:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8e8ddd9da9b67f8f3dedd70e2d1ad230"},"description":"Who benefits from the federal bailout? The corporate executives and corrupt businessmen who caused the financial meltdown in the first place.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/progressive-economics\/10\/17\/the-washington-consensus-bailout-the-rich\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/progressive-economics\/10\/17\/the-washington-consensus-bailout-the-rich\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/progressive-economics\/10\/17\/the-washington-consensus-bailout-the-rich\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Washington Consensus: Bailout The Rich"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/","name":"Prose Before Hos","description":"The Far Side Of Politics","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8e8ddd9da9b67f8f3dedd70e2d1ad230","name":"Progressive Economics","sameAs":["http:\/\/prosebeforehos.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/author\/progressive-economics\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/531"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134616,"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2532\/revisions\/134616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/bailoutposter.jpg\" "\\"Bailout")
<\/center><\/p>\n