“Don’t Steal, The Government Hates Competition”

In the latest video released by Ron Paul he elaborates more on his opposition to the auto bailouts and bailouts on principle. The video was recorded yesterday, prior to the auto bailout failing in the Senate.

Fed Refuses to Disclose Recipients of $2 Trillion in Lending

Friday, December 12, 2008, 9:50 pm, by cmartenson

Today the Federal Reserve effectively freaked out in the foxhole and declared the spirit of democracy, if not the rule of law, to be disposable conveniences of better times.

In response to a freedom of information act request by Bloomberg News for the names of the institutions receiving public money, the Fed invoked an obscure rule to block the release of this information.

Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve refused a request by Bloomberg News to disclose the recipients of more than $2 trillion of emergency loans from U.S. taxpayers and the assets the central bank is accepting as collateral.

Bloomberg filed suit Nov. 7 under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act requesting details about the terms of 11 Fed lending programs, most created during the deepest financial crisis since the Great Depression.

The Fed responded Dec. 8, saying it’s allowed to withhold internal memos as well as information about trade secrets and commercial information.

FULL STORY.