{"id":276232,"date":"2010-02-04T07:40:06","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T12:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/02\/04\/big-banks-are-feeding-like-parasites-on-the-govts-money\/"},"modified":"2010-02-04T07:40:06","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T12:40:06","slug":"big-banks-are-feeding-like-parasites-on-the-govt-%e2%80%99s-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/276232","title":{"rendered":"Big Banks Are Feeding Like Parasites on the Govt.\u2019s Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/6071652\/123opn\/alternet~Big-Banks-Are-Feeding-Like-Parasites-on-the-Govts-Money\" >Big Banks Are Feeding Like Parasites on the Govt.&#8217;s Money                     <\/a><br \/>Big bank CEOs like to trumpet free-market ideology, but they depend on the government for survival in good times and bad. <Img align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" 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