From the USA Today article above, along with this story here, it would seem that government bailed out AIG, which benefited Goldman and a lot of financial institutions that really should have been in a position to "know better", and be prepared to take the loss themselves, while Goldman will happily make sure small home-owners go bankrupt. Or put another way, government pays Goldman 12 Billion for not knowing their business, and Goldman grudgingly passes on 2 billion in consumer relief.

That's a pretty sweet deal for Goldman?

Does remind me to keep "Swimming With Sharks" on my reading list:

http://www.amazon.com/Swimming-Sharks-Journey-World-Bankers-...

(I assume the Book has more along the lines of what's in this interview/promo-piece):

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/sep/30/how-the-bank...