Lest we forget, Neil Bush was at the heart of the Silverado Savings & Loan scandal, which was part of the overall Savings and Loan Scandal a few years back.
I am going to post this to the thread, and then go in search of a link. It's a very important part of the Bush family story, and ought to be remembered. As an old professor of mine used to say, "it applies."
Please add other links if you know of good material on Neil and his banking crimes.
OK - I'm back; googled Neil and Silverado. There are a million links. This seems to be a good starting point:
http://www.rationalrevolution.net/bush_family_and_the_s.htm"What is important to note about the S&L scandal is that it was the largest theft in the history of the world and US tax payers are who was robbed.
"The problems occurred in the Savings and Loan industry as they relate to theft because the industry was deregulated under the Reagan/Bush administration and restrictions were eased on the industry so much that abuse and misuse of funds became easy, rampant, and went unchecked.
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"There are several ways in which the Bush family plays into the Savings and Loan scandal, which involves not only many members of the Bush family but also many other politicians that are still in office and still part of the Bush Jr. administration today.
"Jeb Bush, George Bush Sr., and his son Neil Bush have all been implicated in the Savings and Loan Scandal, which cost American tax payers over $1.4 TRILLION dollars (note that this is about one quarter of our national debt).
Additional facts on the Savings and Loan Scandal can be found here:
http://www.inthe80s.com/sandl.shtml