Romney / Bain Capital
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A famous private-equity firm made fortunes loading companies with debt and pocketing cash while those companies went bankrupt.
Who they are
Mitt Romney's private-equity firm Bain Capital.
What they do
The engine uses it as a clean example of the 'debt extraction' model, where owners profit even as the businesses they buy collapse.
How it works
Bain bought KB Toys ($305M buyout, $120M stripped out, then bankruptcy), Dade International ($90M in fees, a $420M dividend, then bankruptcy), and Cambridge Industries ($300M of debt, then bankruptcy); Goldman Sachs was a top donor to both Obama and Romney in 2012.
Why it matters
It shows the financial system's extraction template applied to ordinary companies, where insiders win while workers and firms lose.
The engine's record — word for word
Debt extraction paradigm. KB Toys ($305M buyout, $120M stripped, bankruptcy). Dade International ($90M fees, $420M dividend, bankruptcy). Cambridge Industries ($300M debt, bankruptcy). Goldman Sachs top donor to BOTH Obama and Romney 2012 campaigns. The Financial Rail extraction template applied to individual companies.
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