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Esse Quam Videri

(685 posts)
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 10:35 AM Oct 2012

Anyone else just catch that exchange on MH-P on MSNBC?

I kind of heard it in the background but it went something like - Rmoney may have personally made upwards of $15M from the auto bailout. His "blind" trust purchased 25 Delphi (parts producer for GM) plants and moved 24 of the plants to China.

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Anyone else just catch that exchange on MH-P on MSNBC? (Original Post) Esse Quam Videri Oct 2012 OP
Sure did! FarPoint Oct 2012 #1
Yes, but the amount Romney made was upwards of $115 million, not $15 million.... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #2
Yes, I heard that, too. Then MHP asked if we would have TheDebbieDee Oct 2012 #3
I didn't hear it, but it's true. Lone_Star_Dem Oct 2012 #4

OldDem2012

(3,526 posts)
2. Yes, but the amount Romney made was upwards of $115 million, not $15 million....
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 10:49 AM
Oct 2012

...and three of Romney’s top donors made more than $4 billion for their hedge funds from the bailout.

Greg Palast broke this story...he is one of the best investigative reporters in the country.

Here's the link to the story (video included):

Greg Palast

 

TheDebbieDee

(11,119 posts)
3. Yes, I heard that, too. Then MHP asked if we would have
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 11:38 AM
Oct 2012

been able to make this determination by viewing Rmoney's tax returns for that year.

Investigative Journalist Greg Palast stated that only an investigative journalist (or auditor, I say) would have been able to follow the money and make the connections........

Lone_Star_Dem

(28,158 posts)
4. I didn't hear it, but it's true.
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 11:57 AM
Oct 2012

Amy Goodman interviewed Palast on the 18th of this month. You can find it on the Democracy Now website.

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