U.S. could make $15.1 billion on AIG bailout: GAO

Welcome to the Counterparties email. The sign-up page is here, it’s just a matter of checking a box if you’re already registered on the Reuters website. Send suggestions, story tips and complaints to Counterparties.Reuters@gmail.com. What kind of thanks does AIG owe the government that bailed it out to the tune of $182 billion? How about a $25 billion lawsuit?

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Disorganization across the federal government has led to billions of wasted tax dollars spent on redundant federal programs, from $30 million worth of catfish inspections performed by two separate agencies, to $66 million in contracts awarded by two different arms of the Department of Homeland Security unknowingly research the exact same thing.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American International Group Inc, the insurer rescued by the U.S

Elliott R. Morss submits:CapitalismThe capitalist system is supposed to generate value. Let’s go through the latest Goldman (GS) activity resulting in the SEC complaint. Someone named Paulson pays Goldman Sachs $15 million to develop and market a financial instrument that Paulson wants to fail. Goldman gets ACA (we will soon hear more about ACA) to make Paulson’s package more marketable. Goldman sells it, knowing it was designed to fail.