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We focus primarily on the American scene but also cover world politics. "},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/407281054887604200\/posts\/default\/-\/Banking?alt=json-in-script\u0026max-results=2"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Banking"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"},{"rel":"next","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/407281054887604200\/posts\/default\/-\/Banking\/-\/Banking?alt=json-in-script\u0026start-index=3\u0026max-results=2"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Nomad"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03686282358562565742"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"http://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"5"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"2"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407281054887604200.post-7236012674358859625"},"published":{"$t":"2016-09-27T12:46:00.001+03:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-07-30T12:33:33.409+03:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Banking"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"economy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Financial meltdown"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mortgage crisis"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Steve Mnuchin"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Trump"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Here's Why Trump's Choice For His Finance Manager Should Make Your Blood Boil"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ch2 class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"background-color: #bdbdbd; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal;\"\u003Eby Nomad\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-V3plWP52Az8\/V-kQtBzl_nI\/AAAAAAAANAk\/PMlilhHUwzwwf25uf53-dDAMkifiCsIFQCLcB\/s1600\/Trump123.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Donald Trump\" border=\"0\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-V3plWP52Az8\/V-kQtBzl_nI\/AAAAAAAANAk\/PMlilhHUwzwwf25uf53-dDAMkifiCsIFQCLcB\/s640\/Trump123.jpg\" title=\"Trump closeup\" width=\"600\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nIf you -or somebody you know- happened to be one of the thousands of victims of home foreclosure in the wake of the economic meltdown of 2008, here's why Donald Trump's choice for his finance manager, Steven Mnuchin, is a slap in your face.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nIn fact, all Americans ought to be furious.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003ETrump's Wall Street Hypocrisy\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif; font-size: x-large;\"\u003ED\u003C\/span\u003Eays after locking up the Republican presidential nomination in May, Donald Trump named \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steven_Mnuchin\"\u003ESteven Mnuchin\u003C\/a\u003E as his national finance chairman.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwikgOD1iq_PAhUI1CYKHXgeCGIQFggeMAA\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.donaldjtrump.com%2Fpress-releases%2Fdonald-j.-trump-announces-national-finance-chairman\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNGgTASq1xkOVxWYsvLcWJUW2RVuwg\u0026amp;sig2=DOVwaFG3HcZ5lIAluAYCPQ\"\u003EThe press release states\u003C\/a\u003E that Mnuchin \u003Cb\u003E\"has previously worked with Mr. Trump in a business capacity and brings his expertise in finance to what will be an extremely successful fundraising operation for the Republican Party.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nIn many ways, it was a bewildering and disturbing choice for a candidate who had consistently portrayed himself - to his angry middle-class supporters- as a bitter foe of Wall Street excesses.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nIndeed, Wall Street once trembled at the possibility of Trump getting the nomination. Months before, in September 2015, one political strategist put it like this :\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\"He has bought into the populist rhetoric that Wall Street is greedy and makes too much money...He sounds more anti-Wall Street than Elizabeth Warren.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nThat was, of course, before Trump was officially crowned the Republican nominee. After the GOP nomination was sealed up, Trump surprised everybody by jumping in bed with the very people he had castigated.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cu style=\"color: red;\"\u003EGoldman, Sachs in the Mnuchin Bloodline\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nAfter all, Mnuchin's connections to Wall Street are practically genetic. His father, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwjU0dfku63PAhWHAcAKHTcdBCEQFggeMAA\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1990%2F10%2F02%2Fbusiness%2Fbusiness-people-goldman-sachs-coach-retiring-after-33-years.html\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNEVdYnunX2U-ajvDlVakCAhQCEOwA\u0026amp;sig2=DI5iXyI7sgY-QiRvhHAsAw\"\u003ERobert E. Mnuchin\u003C\/a\u003E, spent a greater part of three decades on Wall Street at Goldman, Sachs \u0026amp; Company. He was, in fact, one of the pioneers of the institutional equity trading business in the 1960's. Before his retirement in 1990, Robert Mnuchin was \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1990\/10\/02\/business\/business-people-goldman-sachs-coach-retiring-after-33-years.html\"\u003Eone of the most important figures in the equities business\u003C\/a\u003E.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n(Incidentally,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/e\/equitymarket.asp\"\u003EInvestopedia cites\u003C\/a\u003E a crash in equity trading as major factors in two\u0026nbsp;periods of economic decline, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/g\/great_depression.asp\"\u003Ethe Great Depression of 1929\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/g\/great-recession.asp\"\u003Ethe Great Recession of 2008\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nSince its inception, Goldman is a firm that has come to symbolize the power and influence of Wall Street. Thus, Trump's selection of Mnuchin is impossible to reconcile to the candidate's rhetoric on Wall Street. Moreover, Trump has used the company to hammer away at his opponents.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/05\/10\/business\/dealbook\/donald-trumps-pick-for-fund-raiser-is-rife-with-contradictions.html\"\u003EAs the New York Times noted\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nMr. Trump spent much of his campaign attacking Goldman Sachs, using the bank to malign \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/john-cassidy\/ted-cruzs-goldman-sachs-problem\"\u003ETed Cruz’s wife, Heidi\u003C\/a\u003E, who is an investment manager there, and Mrs. Clinton, who famously received rich honorariums for giving speeches there.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-DQecU3TG0b4\/V-kJmlY5c5I\/AAAAAAAANAE\/WUa-G7MTuVEclTB7gWncpIMQMd_hhZefgCLcB\/s1600\/Mnuchin.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Steve Mnuchin\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-DQecU3TG0b4\/V-kJmlY5c5I\/AAAAAAAANAE\/WUa-G7MTuVEclTB7gWncpIMQMd_hhZefgCLcB\/s200\/Mnuchin.jpg\" title=\"Mnuchin\" width=\"152\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nLike his father, Yale University graduate Mnuchin started out in the employ of Goldman Sachs. And he did very well. After 17 years, he had amassed a tidy fortune of $46 million.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nBy 2004, Mnuchin had struck out on his own, launching his own hedge fund, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/research\/stocks\/private\/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2522804\"\u003EDune Capital Management LP\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;with a few of his friends from Goldman Sachs.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nDune Capital was, in fact, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pionline.com\/article\/20041005\/ONLINE\/410050703\/soros-fund-management-is-spinning-off-its-private-equity-credit-and\"\u003Ea spin-off of Soros Capital Management\u003C\/a\u003E. The liberal New York financier, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwjq64mtiq3PAhXM6oMKHQ_eANIQFggeMAA\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGeorge_Soros\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNE3Q9MVJbNDGoBv8a8NRFZOPjG13Q\u0026amp;sig2=3keoXY4NagL_CfTPu42OpA\"\u003EGeorge Soros\u003C\/a\u003E, put down an investment fund of $1 billion to get the company on its feet.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nMighty strange.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nAsk any conservative and he will tell you that Soros is the billionaire promoter of a One World Order, an anti-Zionist and an anti-constitutional funder of all things unholy. At one point in the campaign, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/03\/21\/clinton-and-soros-are-behind-violent-riots-at-trump-rallies-not-sanders\/?utm_campaign=atdailycaller\u0026amp;utm_source=Twitter\u0026amp;utm_medium=Social#ixzz43ZMFWpQT\"\u003Ea conservative website\u003C\/a\u003E actually accused Soros of buying protestors to send to his rallies to conduct \"a free speech-busting goon squad operation.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nAnd yet, Trump's finance manager owes his first big break to this very man, the conservative right wing's favorite boogeyman.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nMnuchin would later start an entertainment finance company called \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0174373\/\"\u003EDune Entertainment\u003C\/a\u003E. After that, Mnuchin's company would go on to form one-third of RatPac-Dune Entertainment through a 2013 merger with producer-director \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brett_Ratner\"\u003EBrett Ratner\u003C\/a\u003E, his partner billionaire \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Packer\"\u003EJames Packer\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nThat company went on to finance a number of hit films, including \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/X-Men_(film_series)\"\u003Ethe X-Men film franchise\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Avatar_(2009_film)\"\u003EAvatar\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EThe Firesale\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\nLet's not get ahead of ourselves.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-2W7Rhzak_Yg\/V-kOer1n5jI\/AAAAAAAANAY\/PCaUXSDtYGMQcks9RKyMoZB2h6mKQLMEACLcB\/s1600\/images%2B%25284%2529.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"CEO Mnuchin\" border=\"0\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-2W7Rhzak_Yg\/V-kOer1n5jI\/AAAAAAAANAY\/PCaUXSDtYGMQcks9RKyMoZB2h6mKQLMEACLcB\/s320\/images%2B%25284%2529.jpg\" title=\"OneWest Steven Mnuchin\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nIn 2009, as the US economy was turning to sludge, Mnuchin became Chairman of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ibanknet.com\/scripts\/callreports\/getbank.aspx?ibnid=usa_3923614\"\u003EIMB Holdco LLC\u003C\/a\u003E, a limited partnership composed primarily of hedge funds.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nThrough IMB Holdco, Mnuchin and a\u0026nbsp;group of private investors snapped up the failed housing lender \u003Cb\u003EIndyMac\u003C\/b\u003E for \u0026nbsp;$1.55 billion. It was in fact bought out of \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwjYpZrHmKrPAhXB7oMKHfLLCy8QFggnMAA\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uscourts.gov%2Fservices-forms%2Fbankruptcy%2Fbankruptcy-basics%2Fchapter-7-bankruptcy-basics\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNF7hg-kwP1zE1HHPylhWBUFFWs2oA\u0026amp;sig2=0wol9om-2M0_pRZGsiE_5A\"\u003EChapter 7 bankruptcy\u003C\/a\u003E from the F.D.I.C.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nIndyMac, or in the long-form, \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nndb.com\/company\/780\/000125405\/\"\u003EIndependent National Mortgage Corporation\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E, had, before the crisis, been the largest\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Savings_and_loan_association\" title=\"Savings and loan association\"\u003Esavings and loan association\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles\" title=\"Los Angeles\"\u003ELos Angeles\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;area and the seventh largest\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mortgage_loan\" title=\"Mortgage loan\"\u003Emortgage\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;originator in the United States. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nSo, in effect, IMB Holdco purchased IndyMac at an FDIC firesale. IMB HoldCo was, as it turned out, the \u003Cu\u003Eonly\u003C\/u\u003E bidder for all of the IndyMac Bank assets. For good reason.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nThe failed company had been loaded with bad debt after years of what the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwjNi4Osn6_PAhUGQyYKHcVzAp0QFggeMAA\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.responsiblelending.org%2F\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNFfuR0XpeWUiX4l2AaQm_EC_YbUjg\u0026amp;sig2=TB0vZjUskVu2kyM-0315Hg\"\u003ECenter for Responsible Lending\u003C\/a\u003E called \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.responsiblelending.org\/mortgage-lending\/research-analysis\/indymac_what_went_wrong.pdf\"\u003E\"unsound and abusive lending during the mortgage boom.\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp; An investigation had found that:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nThe problems at IndyMac were spawned by top-down pressures that valued short-term growth over protecting borrowers and shareholders’ interests over the long haul.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003EMnuchin promptly renamed it \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwij5ISMnK_PAhWCRyYKHUh3AgkQFggeMAA\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FOneWest_Bank\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNFj5unlZuNeW5hyxU6Ps3LIM38xpw\u0026amp;sig2=0NH8DC5wa-gb3AOR2L6OfQ\"\u003EOneWest Bank\u003C\/a\u003E and, unsurprisingly, named himself CEO. But there was more to it than just changing the name.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nUnder the Mnuchin's management, OneWest took a much more aggressive approach to foreclosing on its properties. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nIt was, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/homeowners%20who%20have%20suffered%20a%20financial%20hardship%2C%20to%20help%20them%20stay%20in%20their%20homes%2C%20maintain%20an%20affordable%20mortgage%20payment%20and%20avoid%20foreclosure.\/\"\u003Ecritics claimed\u003C\/a\u003E, the only major bank that refused to join California’s \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/keepyourhomecalifornia.org\/programs\/\"\u003E“Keep your Home, California”\u003C\/a\u003E program, which had attempted to protect homeowners who have suffered a financial hardship, to help them stay in their homes, maintain an affordable mortgage payment and avoid foreclosure.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/calreinvest.wordpress.com\/2015\/03\/21\/onewest-bank-foreclosure-tracker-how-many-families-are-losing-their-homes\/\"\u003EOne foreclosure watchdog group\u003C\/a\u003E has pointed out that OneWest Bank refused to disclose how many foreclosures it has conducted since purchasing IndyMac Bank in 2009.\u003Cspan style=\"background: white; color: #444444; font-family: \u0026quot;tahoma\u0026quot;; font-size: 7.5pt;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E Suffice to say, a lot of people lost their homes due to OneWest's foreclosure policies.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nInstead, the leadership of the two banks would like to continue processing foreclosures on US families, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/calreinvest.org\/system\/resources\/W1siZiIsIjIwMTQvMTIvMTYvMDdfMzNfNTVfMTI2X0NSQ19GRElDX0xvc3NfU2hhcmVfRmFjdF9TaGVldC5wZGYiXV0\/CRC%20FDIC%20Loss%20Share%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf\"\u003Ebe reimbursed from the FDIC for doing so\u003C\/a\u003E, and hope that nobody questions their foreclosure track record..\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\nSome, however, did question the business practices. And they were prepared to fight.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003ETaking on the Double Cross \u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/cdn.thefiscaltimes.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_hero_image\/public\/articles\/07202012_elderly_foreclosed_article.jpg?itok=uwcOsUqS\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"mortgage crisis\" border=\"0\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.thefiscaltimes.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_hero_image\/public\/articles\/07202012_elderly_foreclosed_article.jpg?itok=uwcOsUqS\" title=\"home foreclosure\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ENot unexpectedly, there were a lot of people who were not prepared to leave their homes quietly.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwiqtenng63PAhUF7IMKHfT4AYsQFggeMAA\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F05%2F10%2Fbusiness%2Fdealbook%2Fdonald-trumps-pick-for-fund-raiser-is-rife-with-contradictions.html\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNG66Fz36V2TXOts0f44o3pyd5j57w\u0026amp;sig2=BaaHYdtQMp5MtQBdRCG-5A\"\u003EAccording to a New York Time piece,\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nOneWest was involved in a string of lawsuits over questionable foreclosures, and settled several cases for millions of dollars.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nIn November 2009, the foreclosure practices of OneWest enraged one Long Island, New York judge, Justice Jeffery Spinner.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nHe called the bank's tactics \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2009\/11\/25\/judge-blasts-bad-bank-erases-525g-debt\/\"\u003E“harsh, repugnant, shocking and repulsive.”\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nIn reaction, Spinner wiped out $525,000 in mortgage payments owed by leaving Diane Yano-Horoski and her husband, Greg Horoski, owing absolutely no money on their East Patchogue home.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n(That decision was later overturned by appellate judges who ruled found that Judge Spinner had exceeded his authority.)\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nMnuchin must have been aware that his companies business practices outraged many Americans.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-05-05\/trump-picks-former-goldman-partner-and-soros-employee-finance-chairman\"\u003EAccording to one unconfirmed report,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\"Notoriously press-shy, the executive endured 2011 protests on the lawn of his Bel Air mansion by foreclosed homeowners angered at his lender's handling of soured mortgages.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EIn August of 2011, dozens of protesters, angry at the bank’s questionable foreclosure practices, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/foreclosurefactor.com\/protesters-invade-one-west-banks-headquarters\/\"\u003Estormed the headquarters of One West Bank in Pasadena, California\u003C\/a\u003E. Despite that, the public animosity didn't seem to have much of an effect on the business model.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nIn 2013, a San Luis Obispo County couple, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwiRwN6amqrPAhVEKx4KHQj4AlIQFggeMAA\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalcoastnews.com%2F2013%2F09%2Fonewest-bank-pays-7-figures-mortgage-fraud-case%2F\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNG1IIBPMbZVRyJxxUwO7macvZ_dIw\u0026amp;sig2=yzRh-BM7QB7G_e-rrtEuLQ\"\u003EGreg and Irene Rigali\u003C\/a\u003E, sued\u0026nbsp;OneWest Bank, IndyMac Mortgage Services, U.S. Bank and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwidrvywv63PAhUG7YMKHVD9ArcQFggeMAA\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.manta.com%2Fc%2Fmm8j6hn%2Fgsr-mortgage-loan-trust\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNEMGzx_hIXVRPvjMJOlh8iH1Sy7MA\u0026amp;sig2=Gduw3D-yx52jfvxrUY3YYw\"\u003EGSR Loan Mortgage Trust\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;Their home and a rental property in Grover Beach had been foreclosed \u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eat the same time\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E as OneWest Bank was negotiating with them to modify their mortgages. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nThe case turned on a mortgage practice known as \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blog.consumeractionlawgroup.com\/what-is-dual-tracking\/\"\u003E“dual tracking.”\u003C\/a\u003E Under the practice, lenders work with borrowers who are in default but, at the same time, pursue foreclosure.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nOne California appellate court years before the Rigali case had this to say about the practice:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n“For homeowners struggling to avoid foreclosure, this dual tracking might go by another name: \u003Cb\u003Ethe double-cross\u003C\/b\u003E.”\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nAccording to the court testimony, a notice of foreclosure was posted on the couple’s home’s door while Irene Rigali was en route home from what she had been led to believe was \"a successful meeting with bank officials.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nThe companies quickly agreed to a settlement reportedly in the range of 7 figures.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nNew laws in California, and throughout the country now legally protect homeowners from dual tracking.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EForeclosure in Human Terms\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--etzbexToU0\/V-e6SDGLwwI\/AAAAAAAAM_w\/im_5dOg4IzYECX51ZXuRQ0zE3hDoEo5wwCLcB\/s1600\/onewest-protest-picture-3.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--etzbexToU0\/V-e6SDGLwwI\/AAAAAAAAM_w\/im_5dOg4IzYECX51ZXuRQ0zE3hDoEo5wwCLcB\/s400\/onewest-protest-picture-3.jpg\" title=\"OneWest Protest\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nThe\u0026nbsp;Rigali victorious day in court was,\u0026nbsp;unfortunately, an exceptional outcome.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nBetween 2006 and 2014, more than\u0026nbsp;9.3 million American families\u0026nbsp;lost their homes, either in a foreclosure or a short sale or some other transaction. That's close to 14 million people, (presumably many of them are deluded Trump supporters.)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nOne website sponsored by \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/calreinvest.org\/\"\u003ECalifornia Reinvestment Coalition\u003C\/a\u003E (CRC) tracks the ongoing OneWest foreclosure notices starting from March 2015.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nVisitors are encouraged to share their experiences and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/calreinvest.wordpress.com\/2015\/03\/09\/surviving-heirs-testify-about-their-experiences-with-financial-freedom-and-onewest-bank-foreclosures\/\"\u003Ehere are a few of their stories\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n“OneWest Bank refused to honor my letter of intent to repay the loan and refused to grant me the HUD authorized time to obtain a new loan.”\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nAnother one alleges that because of OneWest Bank and its practices, an elderly victim of foreclosure \u003Ci\u003E\"was forced to live the last years of her life on Medi-Cal in a nursing home funded by taxpayer dollars.”\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nAn attorney for one of those who received a foreclosure explained:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n”Another client I worked with had lived in her home for over 40 years.  She is elderly, disabled, and supports her daughter and four minor grandchildren on just her monthly Social Security income.  After her husband died, she had trouble maintaining her property tax payments, and OneWest, the parent company of her reverse mortgage lender, Financial Freedom, threatened to foreclose.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.complaintsboard.com\/complaints\/financial-freedom-reverse-mortgage-florence-oregon-c317271.html\"\u003EOne website\u0026nbsp;tracks complaints\u003C\/a\u003E about Financial Freedom and these tales do not paint a flattering picture of how the company conducted business. Quotes include:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nThis is a terrible scary company. Their dealings are \"iffy\" at best - at worst, in my opinion, nearly criminal.\u0026nbsp;Don't let your parent or loved one get tricked into signing ANYTHING with this company. And if they do...get a GOOD attorney.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nAnother person writes:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nThey are greedy, heartless bastards and HUD should be ashamed of themselves for instituting and endorsing reverse mortgages.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nEven one former employee gave his opinion of the company, calling it\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003E\"the most ruthless, evil, cutthroat, bloodless, cruel, greedy organization I have ever worked for in my life.\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EFinancial Freedom and the Perfect Prey\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTi4mK3YAXlXLq6PmbTGAg39DFyJ9BlQic_759NM47oajKy3f643w\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTi4mK3YAXlXLq6PmbTGAg39DFyJ9BlQic_759NM47oajKy3f643w\" title=\"Foreclosure Notice\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nMnuchin and OneWest Bank acquired \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/research\/stocks\/private\/snapshot.asp?privcapId=9478422\"\u003EFinancial Freedom\u003C\/a\u003E as part of the FDIC - IndyMac deal in 2009. Since that time, Financial Freedom has been under a lot of scrutiny when it comes to its reverse mortgage practices.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nReverse mortgage loans are a type of home loan specifically targeting senior homeowners (62 years or older).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nSadly, reverse mortgages have been the downfall of many a senior who may have been confused by the terms of the agreement, especially when presented by trusted authorities.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/files.consumerfinance.gov\/a\/assets\/documents\/201206_cfpb_Reverse_Mortgage_Report.pdf\"\u003EAccording to a report to Congress\u003C\/a\u003E, a majority of respondents to a 2000 survey of elderly Americans failed to understand the financial terms of reverse mortgages very well when securing their reverse mortgages.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nSome have claimed that, for scammers, the elderly homeowner presents the perfect \"mark.\" Half of the senior homeowners had at least 55 percent of their net worth tied up in home equity, which has accumulated over a lifetime of mortgage payments and house-price appreciation. A home is, in many cases, the only valuable asset they own.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nAnd for the unscrupulous, that's a prize ripe for the picking.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nRegulatory authorities like the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consumer_Financial_Protection_Bureau\"\u003EConsumer Financial Protection Bureau\u003C\/a\u003E, have long argued that reverse mortgages are \u003Cb\u003E\"complex products and difficult for consumers to understand,\"\u003C\/b\u003E especially in light of \u003Cb\u003E\"misleading advertising,\" low-quality counseling, and \"risk of \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fraud\"\u003Efraud\u003C\/a\u003E and other scams.\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwi3wK3O1KzPAhWoyoMKHY-0Ae8QFggcMAA\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.calreinvest.org%2Fabout%2Fstaff\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNFSOmodwSn0Aq9hytSwJo9ABnKMbA\u0026amp;sig2=DhR4BaCxfGxBA-0bsdoYlA\u0026amp;bvm=bv.133700528,d.amc\"\u003EKevin Stein\u003C\/a\u003E, associate director of the California Reinvestment Coalition (CRC) stated that his organization was contacted by a number of widowed homeowners and other heirs who shared disturbing stories about Financial Freedom.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nUsing a FOIA request, we asked Financial Freedom’s primary regulator, HUD, about the total number of foreclosures it had completed, and the number of complaints HUD had received against Financial Freedom.”\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nThe data HUD provided the CRC was \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/badbankmerger.com\/tag\/financial-freedom-reverse-mortgage-servicer\/\"\u003E\"a red flag that something is amiss at Financial Freedom.\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nWhile the company services an estimated 17% of the reverse mortgage market, data from HUD indicates that Financial Freedom was responsible for 39% of the 41,237 HECM reverse mortgage foreclosures that occurred since April 2009.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-va7H7sERX9o\/V-kM3v1q8tI\/AAAAAAAANAM\/aTy8OOOlDlYh7RLUUrEDIb13wwdH30GdQCLcB\/s1600\/680x-1.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-va7H7sERX9o\/V-kM3v1q8tI\/AAAAAAAANAM\/aTy8OOOlDlYh7RLUUrEDIb13wwdH30GdQCLcB\/s400\/680x-1.jpg\" title=\"Steven Mnuchin\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nThat would be precisely at the time Mnuchin took up the reins of the Financial Freedom's parent company, OneWest.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nAs of May 2011, Financial Freedom has not\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Eoriginated\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;any new\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reverse_mortgage\"\u003Ereverse mortgage loans\u003C\/a\u003E. Since that time, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=4\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwiYjaaMxqzPAhVJ4IMKHWWICWcQFghLMAM\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Freversemortgagedaily.com%2F2016%2F04%2F27%2Ffoia-request-sheds-new-light-on-financial-freedom-reverse-mortgage-foreclosures%2F\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHxzAj8qRCPOBnU5hjSgxq4kHfOyA\u0026amp;sig2=l0slmMwtqoka7olF_0ywqA\u0026amp;bvm=bv.133700528,d.amc\"\u003EFinancial Freedom has focused only on winding down the \"servicing portfolio.\"\u003C\/a\u003E which means closing out as many of the loans as possible as quickly as possible. One of the reasons that OneWest decided to close Financial Freedom’s reverse mortgage origination business, was the \u003Cb\u003E\"unfavorable regulatory environment.\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nAnd given its shady business\u0026nbsp;practices, that's an interesting way of putting it.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003ELiquidations and Lucky Guys\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nIn 2009, the fraudulent \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=2\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwiztbmola_PAhXHQCYKHbhkDzkQFggoMAE\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fnews%2Fjohn-cassidy%2Ftrump-university-its-worse-than-you-think\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNGhh4hN2Y3OZvcoOa0K3B8ffVcMRg\u0026amp;sig2=2tbUv8-_UQ-gh2Di3lJa5A\"\u003ETrump University\u003C\/a\u003E was promising that its \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/archive.upcoming.org\/event\/trump-university-fast-track-to-foreclosure-investing-1388933\"\u003E\"Fast Track to Foreclosure Investing\"\u003C\/a\u003E would teach students how to take advantage of the mortgage\/foreclosure crisis. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-election-trump-idUSKCN0YM2TZ\"\u003EA Trump University advertisement proclaimed:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\"Cash in on one of the greatest property liquidations in history!\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nOne of those that cashed in on this liquidation was Steven Mnuchin. And any way you look at it, he made a bundle out of the liquidations. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nLast year, OneWest with assets estimated at about $27 billion \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fi-cit-onewest-20150803-story.html\"\u003Ewas sold to CIT Group\u003C\/a\u003E in 2015 for a staggering \u003Cb\u003E$3.4 billion.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003EIt was part of a merger that was completed August of that year. Steven Mnuchin joined CIT as vice chairman and a director.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TqyjxViQgzI\/WBcgz-bhWbI\/AAAAAAAANWQ\/6rrC3PyHOrIdRkc3jEpDM3lWVwAx0jdwgCLcB\/s1600\/Trump-with-Steven-Mnuchin.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TqyjxViQgzI\/WBcgz-bhWbI\/AAAAAAAANWQ\/6rrC3PyHOrIdRkc3jEpDM3lWVwAx0jdwgCLcB\/s320\/Trump-with-Steven-Mnuchin.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nCoincidentally, at the moment of the OneWest merger,\u0026nbsp;candidate Trump appeared on \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwj45JGhja3PAhWky4MKHaFdCv0QFggeMAA\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fmeet-the-press\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNF3SgoqvfntsbcFrJGfeJ0RGoF5Jw\u0026amp;sig2=kIzqRkSGesI1OozoQQwGNg\"\u003EMeet the Press\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/donald-trump-the-hedge-fund-guys-are-getting-away-with-murder\/\"\u003Eslammed hedge fund managers\u003C\/a\u003E. He accused them of \"getting away with murder.\" Trump said:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\"The hedge fund guys didn't build this country. These are guys that shift paper around and they get lucky.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nBy May, when Steve Mnuchin, one of the most successful hedge fund managers, got the offer he couldn't refuse from Trump, he must have felt extremely lucky. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nAnd if Trump is elected, the fortuitous Mnuchin, who made his vast wealth locking people out of their homes, is expected to become \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/movies\/dune-capital-steve-mnuchin-line-trump-treasury-post-175654991.html\"\u003ETrump's\u0026nbsp;Treasury Secretary\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Chr noshade=\"\" size=\"5\" width=\"70%\" \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/407281054887604200\/posts\/default\/7236012674358859625"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/407281054887604200\/posts\/default\/7236012674358859625"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com\/2016\/09\/heres-why-trumps-choice-for-his-finance.html","title":"Here's Why Trump's Choice For His Finance Manager Should Make Your Blood Boil"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Nomad"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03686282358562565742"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-V3plWP52Az8\/V-kQtBzl_nI\/AAAAAAAANAk\/PMlilhHUwzwwf25uf53-dDAMkifiCsIFQCLcB\/s72-c\/Trump123.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407281054887604200.post-4042513186299685138"},"published":{"$t":"2016-03-09T16:36:00.000+02:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-09T16:36:16.380+02:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Banking"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"FACTA"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Fraud"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Internal Revenue Service"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"INvestment"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Justice Department"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Nevada"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rothschild"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Swiss banks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Switzerland"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tax havens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tax law"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Rising and Falling Fortunes: Rothschild Empire Faces Criminal Investigation in US and France "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ch2 style=\"background-color: #bdbdbd; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal;\"\u003Eby Nomad\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/p5.focus.de\/img\/fotos\/crop701843\/1432717418-w1200-h627-o-q75-p5\/Rothschild-quer.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/p5.focus.de\/img\/fotos\/crop701843\/1432717418-w1200-h627-o-q75-p5\/Rothschild-quer.jpg\" height=\"208\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIt might be a name long associated with fabulous wealth and enormous political influence, but the Rothschild Empire has been had its share of humiliations of late.\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EHard Times for Billionaire Dynasty\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #cccccc; font-family: \u0026quot;times\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EA\u003C\/span\u003Es pioneers of international banking (as well as probably the wealthiest family in the history of the world,) the Rothschilds have been the subject of many a conspiracy theory. The exact amount of their family fortune is undisclosed, but by one conservative estimate, the Rothschild family controls\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.therichest.com\/business\/5-lesser-known-facts-about-the-rothschild-family\/?view=all\"\u003Eassets worth more than $350 billion\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;when each of their personal fortunes is combined.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe \u003Ca class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rothschild_family\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Rothschild family\"\u003ERothschild dynasty\u003C\/a\u003E is the el supreme of all family dynasties and went thing go bad there are plenty of people to gloat and plenty more to send their condolences. Ah, the way of the world is such like.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe family business has apparently been hit hard by the worldwide economic slump. That's not all the problems they have been facing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn June of last year, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwic16CGxLHLAhXFnw4KHc6kC9EQFggdMAA\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDavid_Ren%25C3%25A9_de_Rothschild\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHGzpLsn9T2Dbp9rvLR7xmbhSd3pg\"\u003EBaron David de Rothschild\u003C\/a\u003E, chairman of the Rothschild Financial Services Group since 2003, was indicted by French police for his role in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.theolivepress.es\/spain-news\/2016\/03\/03\/spanish-translators-complete-essential-work-in-rothschild-investigation\/\"\u003Ea fraud case\u003C\/a\u003E. The independent investment banking organization which offers financial services to governments, corporations, and individuals worldwide. was charged with \"falsely advertising an equity release loan scheme, bought into by more than 130 pensioners between 2005 and 2008.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nMore than 20 British pensioners in Spain took up legal action against Rothschild’s company after losing their dream properties and thousands of euros.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nFrench investigators claimed that Rothschild’s product, the Credit Select Series Mortgage Loan, was \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/elpais.com\/elpais\/2014\/10\/31\/inenglish\/1414757329_859856.html\"\u003Esold to retirees as a legal tax haven\u003C\/a\u003E, specifically as a mean to reduce the apparent value of their homes for inheritance tax mitigation purposes.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe problem is that it wasn't as legal as Rothschild executives had claimed. The French tax agency ruled that such a scheme was a nothing more than fraud and that Rothschild should be held accountable. Said one of the French prosecutors:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n“In short, independently of what happened to the investment, Rothschild advertised a loan aimed at reducing inheritance tax, which is a breach of tax law.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe victims who now stand to lose their homes told the courts that they felt confident of the financial packages, having put their faith in the Rothschild name. In its defense, the investment banking company pointed out that its involvement was limited. It had only provided the loan, and \"was not involved in the investment side of the deal, which was carried out by financial intermediaries based in Spain, most of whom were British.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/elpais.com\/elpais\/2014\/10\/31\/inenglish\/1414757329_859856.html\"\u003EAnother source\u003C\/a\u003E also noted that the borrowers were advised to seek outside legal advice before committing to the loans. In addition,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n“All the loans were signed in the presence of a notary public to make sure that the signatories understood the contract. Rothschild did not provide advice. Rothschild believes that it met its legal and regulatory obligations at all times.” \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\nApparently the French authorities did not agree. Here's a link to the story with more details.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #f5ecce; border-radius: 10px; border: 1px solid #BDBDBD;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding-left: 25px; padding-right: 10px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"0\" data-card-key=\"d75bc125605d4cbbafb3edfe428ead8b\" data-card-type=\"article\"\u003E\n\u003Ch4\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thefreethoughtproject.com\/rothschild-bank-criminal-investigation-baron-david-de-rothschild-idictment\/\"\u003ERothschild Bank Now Under Criminal Investigation After Baron David De Rothschild Idictment\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\nLast year, Baron David de Rothschild was indicted by the French government after he was accused of fraud in a scheme that allegedly embezzled large sums of money from British pensioners. It has taken many years to bring this case against Rothschild and his company the Rothschild Financial Services Group, which trapped hundreds of pensioners in a bogus loan scheme between the years of 2005 and 2008.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"UTF-8\" src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAn Empire under Scrutiny?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EWhile nobody in their right minds would claim that this is the Fall of the Rothschilds. The family business has apparently been hit hard and according to at least one source, the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rothschild.com\/\" rel=\"homepage\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"N M Rothschild \u0026amp; Sons\"\u003ERothschild group\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E saw profits fall by almost half in the year to the end of March 2009. \u0026nbsp;If nothing else, the negative publicity of being accused of common fraud has been a glove-slap in the face of its long reputation.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nLast year brought other unwelcome news for the Rothschilds.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAt around the same time, the US Justice Department charged that the \u003Ca class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=47.3666666667,8.55\u0026amp;spn=0.1,0.1\u0026amp;q=47.3666666667,8.55%20(Zurich)\u0026amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Zurich\"\u003EZurich\u003C\/a\u003E-based private bank of the Rothschild financial dynasty, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwiBxLjixLHLAhUEt4MKHZznD3IQFggeMAA\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwealthmanagementandtrust.rothschild.com%2Fpage.aspx%3Fid%3D116\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNEFxZ7lirpJxZwGeu_jct0AC4x29w\"\u003ERothschild Bank AG\u003C\/a\u003E had used shell companies and banking secrecy to conceal undeclared assets.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAt a mere $11.5 million, the penalty was hardly crushing. In fact, the Rothschild bank and the Justice Department agreed to settle in order to share information on how vast fortunes were being secreted in offshore financial institutions.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThis Justice Department probe included other Swiss financial institutions, among them \u003Ca class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ubs.com\/\" rel=\"homepage\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"UBS\"\u003EUBS\u003C\/a\u003E Group AG and \u003Ca class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=47.369602,8.539449\u0026amp;spn=1.0,1.0\u0026amp;q=47.369602,8.539449%20(Credit%20Suisse)\u0026amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Credit Suisse\"\u003ECredit Suisse Group AG\u003C\/a\u003E. Both were fined \u003Ci\u003Ebillions\u003C\/i\u003E in penalties.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOthers institutions like as \u003Ca class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.juliusbaer.com\/\" rel=\"homepage\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Julius Baer Group\"\u003EJulius Baer Group\u003C\/a\u003E Ltd. and the Swiss unit of \u003Ca class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hsbc.com\/\" rel=\"homepage\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"HSBC\"\u003EHSBC Holdings Plc\u003C\/a\u003E are still facing separate criminal investigation which could see stiff fines.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-06-03\/rothschild-pays-11-5-million-for-helping-americans-evade-taxes\"\u003EA Bloomberg article \u0026nbsp;cited\u003C\/a\u003E Acting Assistant Attorney General \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=5\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwiau5buxLHLAhXC74MKHcrKDVIQFggyMAQ\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Fmoney%2F3567602%2Fcaroline-ciraolo%2F\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHoctnkcyhqHuLj21EjSy44Nd3LWQ\"\u003ECaroline Ciraolo\u003C\/a\u003E as saying:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n“More and more information is flowing to the IRS agents and Justice Department prosecutors going after illegally concealed offshore accounts and the financial professionals who help U.S. taxpayers hide assets abroad.” \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nRothschild wisely struck a deal with the authorities and voluntarily closed about 296 U.S.-taxpayer accounts between Aug. 1, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2013. It also encouraged customers to voluntarily disclose undeclared assets to the Internal Revenue Service.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBloomberg noted that according to the Justice Department, Rothschild also \"obtained waivers from some former U.S. clients in order to circumvent Swiss secrecy laws that normally prohibit banks from giving client names to foreign authorities. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nClearly this information provided by the Rothschilds will allow investigators to track the trillions of hidden wealth tucked away by the 1%. The legislative framework for pursuing this hidden wealth came into effect last year under \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwiWlsbrlK7LAhUpnoMKHTZ1DnMQFggdMAA\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FForeign_Account_Tax_Compliance_Act\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNGUQC1eLDKSXYK1yHI1071bbBsVZg\"\u003EFATCA\u003C\/a\u003E. (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com\/2014\/01\/fatca-repeal-tax-avoiding-super-wealthy.html\"\u003EIt's a subject we have talked about in depth in the past.\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003ERothschild Connections\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe Rothschild's substantial political influence has long been based on its ability to keep the secrets of the super wealthy while at the same time, using its own fortunes to influence the economies of friendly nations. Among the conspiracy speculators, (especially of the anti-Semitic variety,) the Rothschild's Empire has long been a gold mine.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nWhenever people of incredible wealth come together and make a private business arrangement, it naturally smacks of conspiracy. Whether anything criminal or immoral is taking place, well, that's another story.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com\/2012\/05\/on-environment-romney-and-hannity-share_12.html\"\u003EBack in 2012\u003C\/a\u003E, for example, we looked at a shale oil company, Genie Energy, which operated fields in both Wyoming and Israel.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nLord (Jacob) Rothschild and Rupert Murdoch both purchased equity stocks in the company and both men sat on the company's Strategic Advisory Board.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs we all know, Murdoch is also the owner of the News Corp, parent company of Fox News and Wall Street Journal. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_assets_owned_by_News_Corp\"\u003EWith its worldwide reach of magazines, newspapers, news channels and publishing companies\u003C\/a\u003E, News Corp is cetainly a useful tool for manipulating public opinion. Could this connection account for News Corp's climate change denial? This anti-science bias is not the figment of activists' imagination. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.crikey.com.au\/2012\/09\/24\/the-murdoch-paradox-bias-in-climate-reporting\/\"\u003ENot according to one study:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nNew research out of the US has provided evidence of the “misleading” reporting of climate change by News Corporation. The report, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ucsusa.org\/assets\/documents\/global_warming\/Is-News-Corp-Failing-Science.pdf\"\u003EIs News Corp. Failing Science\u003C\/a\u003E, written by the Union of Concerned Scientists, looked into representations of climate change at Fox News and The Wall Street Journalover a period of six and 12 months respectively.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/23\/how-fox-news-climate-change-denial-finds-its-wa\/207037\"\u003EMedia Matters points out:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nMedia figures at Fox have a long record of repeating scientific inaccuracies on air and allowing fringe figures to perpetuate widely debunked claims\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nCould this explain why an \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=5\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwjuioyzobPLAhUBKB4KHSTsBc8QFgg0MAQ\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.salon.com%2F2015%2F06%2F08%2Ffox_news_host_gets_schooled_on_fracking_and_angrily_orders_his_guest_off_the_show%2F\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNEapNG1AUd7YPi1aG0-aQ4-nM--Hw\"\u003Eanti-fracking interview on Fox\u003C\/a\u003E was abruptly closed down? Can this business connection account for the general endorsement of fracking at Fox News? Perhaps or perhaps not. Is this a coincidence or a manipulation of the public? If the connection are calculated and if the manipulation is purposeful, then is actually illegal or merely deceptive, greedy and for our life on the planet, foolishly dangerous?\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EA History of Calculated Power\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\nAs \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/family-values-1.323094\"\u003Eone Israeli media outlet explains\u003C\/a\u003E how the dynasty maintained its political power over the 200 years.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nStates and monarchs turned to the Rothschild bank to raise capital or to receive loans, usually by means of the new instrument of government bonds. The Rothschilds issued, sold and disseminated the bonds of kings and governments in European capitals, often investing the family's own capital in them. Without the financial backing of the Rothschilds, kings found it difficult to go to war.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nOf course, the opposite is also true. With the backing of the Rothschilds, autocrats of all species could buy the armaments for war.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/polopoly_fs\/1.1186734.1350588647!\/img\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/gallery_1200\/no-2-amschel-mayer-rothschild.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/polopoly_fs\/1.1186734.1350588647!\/img\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/gallery_1200\/no-2-amschel-mayer-rothschild.jpg\" height=\"156\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rothschild_family\"\u003EThe Rothschild Empire\u003C\/a\u003E- probably the first privately-own multi-national- has owed its survival over the last two centuries by not allowing it to be controlled by one member of the family. For this reason, keeping up with the Rothschilds would definitely require a family chart.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIn spite of the recent battering, the core banking business is now in the hands of the seventh generation. It is, for the most part, still owned and operated by descendants of the empire-building \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwi3_u7Uoa7LAhUJhYMKHZBpAKYQFggdMAA\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMayer_Amschel_Rothschild\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHOjTejkdeynhOENCeruS6hS8kQPA\"\u003EMayer Amschel Rothschild. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe Frankfurt-born founder of the empire was certainly a shrewd calculator. \u0026nbsp;He built that empire on one universal truth: wars are expensive and the aftermaths are even more expensive.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAt the beginning of the 19th century, Mayer Amschel dispatched his 5 sons to various European financial centers. Their mission was to set up banks in the capitals of, for example, Austria, France, Britain, and Italy.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThey issued bonds, traded in gold and currency, managed investments and engaged in commerce and any other financial activity for which there was a demand. They worked in coordination with, but also competed against, each other.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/wideawakegentile.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/rothschild-family-tree-w645.gif\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/wideawakegentile.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/rothschild-family-tree-w645.gif\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThus, a family dynasty was born. One aspect of the family that\u0026nbsp;has always sparked controversy was its support for Zionism.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSuffice to say, with the Rothschilds the state of Israel would most likely have never come into existence.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn 1917 \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Rothschild,_2nd_Baron_Rothschild\"\u003EWalter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild\u003C\/a\u003E was the addressee of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Balfour_Declaration_of_1917\"\u003EBalfour Declaration\u003C\/a\u003E to the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zionist_Federation_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland\"\u003EZionist Federation\u003C\/a\u003E, which committed the British government to the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAccording to the Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel, \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nBaron \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edmond_James_de_Rothschild\"\u003EEdmond James de Rothschild\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_Mayer_Rothschild\"\u003EJames Jacob de Rothschild's\u003C\/a\u003E youngest son was a patron of the first settlement in Palestine at \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rishon-LeZion\"\u003ERishon-LeZion\u003C\/a\u003E, and bought from Ottoman landlords parts of the land which now makes up present-day Israel. In 1924, he established the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestine_Jewish_Colonization_Association\"\u003EPalestine Jewish Colonization Association\u003C\/a\u003E (PICA), which acquired more than 125,000 acres (22,36 km²) of land and set up business ventures.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\nIn something of an understatement, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benjamin_de_Rothschild\"\u003EBaron Benjamin Rothschild\u003C\/a\u003E in 2010 said:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\"If there is a family that does not have to prove its commitment to Israel, it's ours.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nWhatever the truth, the Rothschild Empire has been successful at avoiding close legal scrutiny or accountability. That's not unusual for such a wealthy family and \u0026nbsp;bankers by their nature tend to be shy and somewhat secretive. In professional terms, it's called \"a low-key public profile.\"\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIn other words, it doesn't pay to blab or to boast if you are a Rothschild.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nBut then, politics - with all of its fanaticism. misrepresentations, endless ego-speak, and pretend-principles can be as distasteful as cleaning a septic tank in August As a Rothschild said\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\"the less I mingle with politicians the better I feel.\"\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThat's something- maybe the only thing- we can all sympathize with.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003ESniffing out the Hidden Wealth\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.uspirg.org\/reports\/usp\/hidden-cost-offshore-tax-havens\"\u003EOne consumer advocacy group\u003C\/a\u003E explains why tracing these sums has become a top priority for the US government:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nTax haven abusers benefit from our markets, infrastructure, educated workforce, and security, but they pay next to nothing for these benefits. Ultimately, taxpayers must pick up the tab, either in the form of higher taxes, cuts to public spending priorities, or increased national debt.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nCorporations and individuals shift earnings to financial institutions in these countries to reduce their U.S. income tax liability. While this has been going on in the gray area of tax law for some time, the federal government estimates that the problem has become much worse as the wealth has been consolidated at the top of the pyramid.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nTo put that in the proper perspective, Last year at this time, Oxfam had warned that 1% of the world's population would own more wealth than the other 99% by the end of this year. By the use of tax havens, the wealth is essentially kept from government control or reinvestment in the infrastructure.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background: white; color: #545454; font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAccording to the US government, it loses an estimated $150 billion in lost\u0026nbsp;revenues \u003Cb\u003Eeach year\u003C\/b\u003E. Other estimates are far higher than that but nobody really knows for sure.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nFederal taxpayers are not the only victims of offshore tax havens. Tax havens deprive state governments of billions of dollars in badly needed revenues as well. Based how much income is federally reported in each state, and on state tax rates, it is possible to calculate how much each of the state governments lose as a result of offshore tax dodging.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EFirst, the Bad News...\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAs if all that wasn't dismal enough, this month, the French authorities have launched another (though possibly related) indictment, this time against the Swiss firm of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.edmond-de-rothschild.com\/site\/luxembourg\/en\/corporate\/about-us\/the-group\"\u003EEdmond de Rothschild\u003C\/a\u003E, a private banking, and asset management firm. Although this Group is primarily a financial entity, specializing in asset management and private banking, its activities also cover mixed farming, luxury hotels, and yacht racing. The Swiss unit traces its roots to the acquisition of Banque Privee in Geneva in 1965.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe details of the charges are still sketchy at the moment but it is known that the French probe revolves around a former business relationship managed by a former employee.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nNot very helpful information, is it? \u0026nbsp;We must wait to see how significant (or damaging) the news is. In any event, one thing that can be said without any doubt, this is NOT the fall of the Rothschilds.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nNot by a long shot.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nBloomberg noted that \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.edmond-de-rothschild.com\/site\/luxembourg\/en\/corporate\/about-us\/the-group\"\u003EEdmond de Rothschild\u003C\/a\u003E, a separate asset manager and private bank, \"oversees about 150 billion euros ($164 billion) and is led today by Baron Benjamin de Rothschild and his wife Ariane.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe 47-year old Benjamin is a seventh-generation descendant of dynasty founder Mayer Amschel.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIn a rare interview in 2010, he revealed that conservative banking practices (once a common thing in \u0026nbsp;the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=4\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwjmwYqEn67LAhVIn4MKHdAJBssQFggqMAM\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGlass%25E2%2580%2593Steagall_Legislation\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHhfQOonAdGb-0ptvlzTHYMWKh2Ag\"\u003EGlass-Steagall\u003C\/a\u003E days) had protected the Rothschild financial empire from the effects of the economic meltdown of 2008.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\"We came through it well, because our investment managers did not want to put money into crazy things.\" \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nHe added too that for a bank keeping a high reputation was an important ingredient to Rothschild success.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\"The client knows we will not speculate with his money\"  \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nDepending on the seriousness and the details of the French allegations, he may be forced to dine on those words.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-50c7af44\/turbine\/lat-reno-la0007326960-20121110\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-50c7af44\/turbine\/lat-reno-la0007326960-20121110\" height=\"208\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch3 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003EReno: The Rothschilds' Newest Venture\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nHowever, there's a bit of irony about the Justice Department's investigation that has had Swiss bankers fuming. Last month, it was reported that a \u003Cu\u003Enew\u003C\/u\u003E law tax haven had been established by the Rothschilds. This time isn't offshore at all but \u003Cu\u003Einside\u003C\/u\u003E the United States.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAfter opening a trust company in Reno, Nevada, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rothschild_%26_Co\"\u003ERothschild \u0026amp; Co.\u003C\/a\u003E -the flagship of the Rothschild banking Group- began \u003Cb\u003E\"ushering the massive fortunes of the world’s most wealthy individuals out of typical tax havens,\"\u003C\/b\u003E like the Bahamas, Switzerland, and the British Virgin Islands.\u003C\/div\u003E\nLet me repeat that: Out of off-shore tax havens \u003Ci\u003Eand into the U.S.\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe money is put into the Rothschild-run U.S. trusts, which are exempt from the international reporting requirements. Trillions of dollars that have been now stashed in protected tax havens around the world are presumably going to be flowing into the United States.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nReno, once famous for its quickie divorces, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.mustangranchbrothel.com\/faq.php\"\u003Elegal brothels\u003C\/a\u003E, and high-stakes gambling, might seem like an unlikely spot for a Rothschild to conduct deals for the uber wealthy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn fact, Nevada has long been known as a corporate tax haven. The reason for this is that Nevada laws provide strong protections against holding corporation owners responsible for the actions of the corporations.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAlso, Nevada's tax structure is kind to corporations. Outside of some fees, the state has no \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nevadabusiness.com\/2014\/10\/welcome-nevada-tax-changes-looming\/\"\u003Ecorporate income tax or personal income tax\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIn January \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-01-27\/the-world-s-favorite-new-tax-haven-is-the-united-states\"\u003EBloomberg provided an insigh\u003C\/a\u003Et into the Rothschild Reno operation which- rather surprisingly, given all of America's criticism of untold wealth in Zurich and Geneva vaults- would make the US into the \u003Cu\u003Enew\u003C\/u\u003E Switzerland.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nAfter years of lambasting other countries for helping rich Americans hide their money offshore, the U.S. is emerging as a leading tax and secrecy haven for rich foreigners. By resisting new global disclosure standards, the U.S. is creating a hot new market, becoming the go-to place to stash foreign wealth. \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIn defense of the company, corporate representatives say that \u0026nbsp;the firm's Reno operation simply \u003Cb\u003E\"caters to international families attracted to the stability of the U.S.\"\u003C\/b\u003E It adds to that everything is quite legal and that its clients must prove that are in compliance with the respective country's tax laws. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe Bloomberg article quotes \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwj0lvqgi67LAhXDKB4KHXGVB-YQFggdMAA\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anaford.ch%2Fpeter-cotorceanu%2F\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNFfTKpxUI8Rq0Sg0psd2pzzL_P4qA\"\u003EPeter A. Cotorceanu\u003C\/a\u003E, a lawyer at Anaford AG, a Zurich law firm,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n“How ironic—no, how perverse—that the USA, which has been so sanctimonious in its condemnation of Swiss banks, has become the banking secrecy jurisdiction du jour. That ‘giant sucking sound’ you hear? It is the sound of money rushing to the USA.”\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThe Swiss banking giants may be woefully vexed about losing their trade to the US and they may howl about American dishonesty and hypocrisy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBut that's all they can do apparently.\u003C\/div\u003E\nBloomberg points out:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThere’s nothing illegal about banks luring foreigners to put money in the U.S. with promises of confidentiality as long as they are not intentionally helping to evade taxes abroad. Still, the U.S. is one of the few places left where advisers are actively promoting accounts that will remain secret from overseas authorities.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nThat's a strange twist.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/business\/330424-us-world-tax-haven\/\"\u003ERussian media\u003C\/a\u003E pointed out the hypocrisy:\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nWhile the US authorities persist on global standards of banking information disclosure, the country is resisting those same disclosure standards.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nEver since 2009 when President Obama announced a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/05\/04\/obama-cracks-down-on-tax_n_195523.html\"\u003Ecrackdown on offshore tax havens\u003C\/a\u003E, the Republican leadership has opposed any attempt to collect on the hidden wealth.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAt the time, the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwi9qvybjK7LAhVJsoMKHcT5CUEQFggdMAA\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gao.gov%2F\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNEPa3uf4UAS9MCOOpo7oXaUEHtzjg\"\u003EGovernment Accountability Office\u003C\/a\u003E (GAO) issued a report that found that \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=1\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwiwlOyljK7LAhWrtYMKHfZbDAUQFggdMAA\u0026amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gao.gov%2Fproducts%2FGAO-09-157\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNGZz27apzd2pn0UvMs3KY5VgiA_ig\"\u003E83 of the 100 largest publicly traded U.S. corporations\u003C\/a\u003E reported subsidiaries in countries listed as tax havens or \"financial privacy jurisdictions.\" That's a lot of money not being taxed, vast sums which could be put to use rebuilding infrastructure (highways, train lines, river and lake shipping channels, bridges etc.) that these very same corporations make use of every day.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFor free.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIf that wasn't a disgrace enough, many of those corporations are beneficiaries of billions of taxpayer dollars under the George Bush's bailout, otherwise known as Troubled Asset Relief Program, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/url?sa=t\u0026amp;rct=j\u0026amp;q=\u0026amp;esrc=s\u0026amp;source=web\u0026amp;cd=5\u0026amp;cad=rja\u0026amp;uact=8\u0026amp;ved=0ahUKEwjhgcGAjK7LAhUksIMKHSbkAmgQFgg4MAQ\u0026amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTroubled_Asset_Relief_Program\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHJ00mLLUB6XthIxuguiSkV7UT0YA\"\u003ETARP\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nIf the news about the Reno tax haven is true, this money can now be snuggly hidden away right here at home.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\nSo, once again, in spite of a bumpy road in the last year or two, the political might of the Rothschilds is again on full display. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Chr noshade=\"\" size=\"5\" width=\"70%\" \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"zemanta-related\" style=\"clear: both; 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By Dick Eastman\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/407281054887604200\/posts\/default\/4042513186299685138"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/407281054887604200\/posts\/default\/4042513186299685138"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/nomadicpolitics.blogspot.com\/2016\/03\/rising-and-falling-fortunes-rothschild.html","title":"Rising and Falling Fortunes: Rothschild Empire Faces Criminal Investigation in US and France "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Nomad"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03686282358562565742"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}]}]}});