All The Government At Twice The Price

As if I don't already pay American Express enough every month.

American Express Falls Even as Firm Converts to Bank (Bloomberg)

So, they've chosen to bail out credit card companies now. As long as they call themselves banks.

I've also noticed this:
They've stopped talking about how devastating it would be to the economy if this or that company were to fail. No need to explain it to the little people. Hell we're lucky they were nice enough to tell the media!

THIS is whyipaytaxes.