Timothy Sumer

On Wednesday, November 28th The Common Good hosted former TARP Special Inspector General Neil Barofsky for a candid discussion of the bank bailout and aftermath and why citizens should not only feel shortchanged about what was supposed to be done with the billions spent on TARP, but the system vulnerabilities that still remain. For more information on the event, visit our page at: To RSVP for upcoming events, visit our events page at:... ( read more ) LEARN MORE ABOUT: Bank Failures REVEALED: Best Investment During Inflation HOW TO INVEST IN GOLD: Gold IRA Investing HOW TO INVEST IN SILVER: Silver IRA Investing Neil Barofsky, the former Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), recently spoke at a Common Good event in New York City about the broken promises of the bank bailouts. Barofsky’s speech was a scathing indictment of the government’s handling of the financial crisis, particularly its decision to bail out the ba

Less bank rules mean more bank crashes. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. To get even more TYT in your life, go to and download our free app! Read more here: "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the first Democrat in years to challenge Crowley’s reign over New York’s 14th Congressional District, which includes parts of Queens and the Bronx. A 28-year-old community organizer, her drive to enter public office was shaped by a series of events that began to unfold at the height of the 2008 recession, she told The Intercept in an interview at a diner in Queens. That fall, she was a 19-year-old undergrad at Boston University. She remembers getting an emergency call from her mother while sitting in an economics class. She hopped in a taxi, took the next flight home, and went straight to the hospital to see her father. He died on September 9, and she felt she could only take a week off of school. “I come from a working-class background, so you don’t really get a t

It is a bleak irony that the very same regulations which would have prevented the need for a bailout at Silicon Valley Bank were lobbied against in Washington by its CEO, Gregory Becker back in 2018. Join us at www.berniesanders.com!... ( read more ) LEARN MORE ABOUT: Bank Failures REVEALED: Best Investment During Inflation HOW TO INVEST IN GOLD: Gold IRA Investing HOW TO INVEST IN SILVER: Silver IRA Investing The 2008 financial crisis brought the global economy to its knees, resulting in widespread job losses, foreclosures, and significant damage to the banking sector. While many financial institutions were hit hard, one bank in particular stood out for its role in the crisis: Citigroup. In the years leading up to the crisis, Citigroup had been a strong advocate for deregulation in the banking industry. They fought tirelessly to eliminate restrictions and regulations that they believed were strangling their business and preventing them from achieving