Friday, December 4, 2009

TARP: Slush fund

TARP, the Troubled Asset Relief Fund, has become a $700 billion slush fund. Originally authorized by Congress to buy troubled assets from banks, it has transitioned to a fund to supply capital to banks, then to a source of capital for AIG, GM and Chrysler. Now people propose using the leftover funds for more stimulus, a jobs creation program and financing the war in Afghanistan, among other ideas.

Enough already. Return the money to the Treasury, from whence it came.

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