Stewart: U.S. government is ‘world’s dumbest loan shark’
In this segment from last night’s Daily Show, Jon Stewart reacts to the news that the Federal Reserve secretly bailed out U.S. banks to the tune of an interest-free 7.7 trillion dollars, then borrowed the money back from the banks with interest. And in the process, something unspeakable happens to a tiny, precious kitten named “Professor Butterscotch”.
Watch the clip, embedded via Comedy Central, below:
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