Where'd the bailout money go? Shhhh, it's a secret

[babylonsister]

Where'd the bailout money go? Shhhh, it's a secret

By MATT APUZZO
Associated Press Writer


WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's something any bank would demand to know before handing out a loan: Where's the money going?

But after receiving billions in aid from U.S. taxpayers, the nation's largest banks say they can't track exactly how they're spending the money or they simply refuse to discuss it.

"We've lent some of it. We've not lent some of it. We've not given any accounting of, 'Here's how we're doing it,'" said Thomas Kelly, a spokesman for JPMorgan Chase, which received $25 billion in emergency bailout money. "We have not disclosed that to the public. We're declining to."

The Associated Press contacted 21 banks that received at least $1 billion in government money and asked four questions: How much has been spent? What was it spent on? How much is being held in savings, and what's the plan for the rest?

None of the banks provided specific answers.

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[Broadslidin]

1. $155+ Billion U.S. Coupons handed over to A.I.G., propping up this Ponzi Empire.

Sucker.

[Andy823]

2. I think that they are using

Some of that money to buy up smaller banks. Soon it will be just a few large banks that control the money just like it's a few large oil companies that control our gas supplies.

[Raschel]

3. Don't you worry your little head. That's between King Henry and the banks.