Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Fingerpointing 101: Top 25 Sub Prime Culprits

Center for Public Integrity, taking journalism where it's supposed to go.
Money quote:
The banks that funded the subprime industry were not victims of an unforeseen financial collapse, as they have sometimes portrayed themselves, but enablers that bankrolled the type of lending threatening the financial system...U.S. and European banks poured huge sums into the subprime lending market due to unceasing demand for high-yield, high-risk bonds backed by home mortgages...
Oh, and 21 of them are out of business while we bail out their sugar daddies.

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