Posted on 03/18/2009 10:24:55 AM PDT by The Conservative Yogini
Alexander Lewis, who has been at Citigroup since 1999 and before that worked at the Federal Reserve, will head to the Treasury "to work on domestic financial issues," said the Citigroup memo, which was sent Tuesday. -WSJ
I suppose it is a step up for his career, but I am not so certain it is a step up for America. Citigroup’s chief economist Lewis Alexander just got a new dream job at the Treasury Department. And wow, he also once worked for the Federal Reserve – impressive! He is a professional con-man. Again, the administration is blatantly recycling old crooks into new posts and titles right before the eyes of the American people. What could this man POSSIBLY do to improve our “domestic financial issues”? Would you hire a doctor who usually kills his patients? Would you hire a baby sitter who falls asleep while your toddler is getting into trouble? Would you hire a financial advisor or administrator who was the chief economist of a company that is no completely INSOLVENT???
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Just what the American consumer needs, another crooked Citibank CEO.
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