Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

Thanks for the link.

SEC. 114. MARKET TRANSPARENCY. (a) PRICING.?To facilitate market transparency, the Secretary shall make available to the public, in electronic form, a description, amounts, and pricing of assets acquired under this Act, within 2 business days of purchase, trade, or other disposition.

(The above is what I want to see - what's paid for what and to whom, under what terms. I wish there were provisions to force all participants, whether defunct or living, to disclose the travesty foisted off on us in its entirety. When sound financial planning requires citizen oversight of enforcement of government regulations just to ensure our plans - houses, money funds, stocks, bonds, gold, currency - are going to be worth anything at all, things have gone w-a- y out of hand.)

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"Gil Faver"

Yes, but you would have to add the value realized when the financial instruments purchased, are sold. The "bailout" has been incorrectly labeled as an "expenditure" when in fact it is more in the character of an investment.

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