Fight Wages Over Linking Derivatives To Bank Accounts

The government came very close to shutting down last night, something that was said would never happen again. All week reports from "inside" the beltway were confident in their official sources and political operatives who were predicting the spending bill would sail through Congress.

Derivatives bailout putting consumer bank accounts at risk

That didn't happen. What's more, the lead of the story, that a derivatives bailout was the key provision putting at risk consumer bank accounts, seems to be getting buried. But don’t be fooled. Keep your eye on this issue, because what is being witnessed is a display of control, say observers.