She was in essence a project manager, and was fired for not following the agenda and the pre-approved points. I have worked in several corporate environments where people have been fired for saying things that are not approved, because they have not necessarily been vetted and can cause damage to a company's reputation and financial status. Why would government be any different?

so "retaliation" sounds to me to be meant as a dog-whistle headline term meant to stir up people emotionally. There is probably a lot more nuance than makes it into the FreeBeacon articles, based on the other articles I see on their site.

The money that is paid to the bank for a mortgage over the life of a 30-year mortgage (the most common type) is usually about 300% of the actual value. These mortgage payments (present and future debt obligations) are sold into a secondary market, where they are stripped, sliced, and diced (aka. "collaterallized debt obligations or CDOs, sometimes known as mortgage-backed securities or MBSs) and traded on Wall Street. Often they are bought by pension funds, mutual funds, and other institutional investors and make up your 401k and IRA.

So, yes, in fact most people's wealth is actually managed by Wall Street. The ones who do it really well, and help your 401k and IRA funds grow over time, or who fund your pension, are actually people who you probably want to have managing your money. Mostly they only take a small cut (management fees) for doing so.

I am not defending the bad apples who are trying to commit fraud, or who charge high fees, but those are the ones you hear about in the news. The ones you don't hear about are quietly making your money grow.