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When the bailout was arranged, LTCM's personal investors received $405 million at the taxpayers expense, which was $155 million more than another private offer, plus a guarantee that an additional $3.65 billion would remain in LTCM for three years.  This sweetheart deal enabled the discredited management to remain in place indefinitely and recoup hundreds of millions of dollars.  Details of the deal were kept secret.
 
When the bailout was arranged, LTCM's personal investors received $405 million at the taxpayers expense, which was $155 million more than another private offer, plus a guarantee that an additional $3.65 billion would remain in LTCM for three years.  This sweetheart deal enabled the discredited management to remain in place indefinitely and recoup hundreds of millions of dollars.  Details of the deal were kept secret.
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Rubin resigned from the administration in 1999 to head up another one of the nation's largest banks, [[Citigroup]]. Under Rubin's leadership Citigroup got $45 billion of [[TARP]] funds and $301 billion of loan guarantees, and an additional $13.4 billion subsidy thanks to the government’s "too-big-to-fail" policy. Rubin, after steering Citigroup into financial collapse, was paid $115 million to leave the company.<ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/01/jack_lew_and_citigroup_how_the_corrupt_rich_get_richer_with_cronyism_117227.html#ixzz2P5cIL0Vf Jack Lew and Citigroup: How the Corrupt Rich Get Richer with Cronyism,] By Daniel Mitchell, March 1, 2013. realclearpolitics.com </ref>
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Rubin resigned from the administration in 1999 to head up another one of the nation's largest banks, [[Citigroup]]. Under Rubin's leadership Citigroup got $45 billion of [[TARP]] bailout funds, $301 billion of loan guarantees, and an additional $13.4 billion subsidy under the government’s "too-big-to-fail" policy. After driving Citigroup into financial collapse, Rubin was paid $115 million to leave the company.<ref>[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/01/jack_lew_and_citigroup_how_the_corrupt_rich_get_richer_with_cronyism_117227.html#ixzz2P5cIL0Vf Jack Lew and Citigroup: How the Corrupt Rich Get Richer with Cronyism,] By Daniel Mitchell, March 1, 2013. realclearpolitics.com </ref>
    
===Rahm Emanuel and Freddie Mac===
 
===Rahm Emanuel and Freddie Mac===
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