Posted on 05/30/2006 11:20:11 AM PDT by boryeulb
You can ask them, but don't get peeved if others choose to answer.
RIGHT ON!Corzine used to run that"Den Of Thieves",didn't he?Then he used his ill-gotten gains to "Buy" a Senate seat.Then he used more of same to "Buy"the Governorship of the MOST CORUPT STATE in The Union!!!!!!!!!!!!
you haven't answered any of them, you are just attacking me for asking.
For openers, you might care to look up their less-than-arms-length association with those lovely chaps at BCCI. Then, suitably warmed up, check on GS' role in the LTCM bailout, wherein GS traders actually downloaded LTCM's portfolio and were actively trading against it AT THE VERY TIME that Corzine was stroking McDonough (president of the NY Fed, if you've forgotten) about the necessity of the world's great financial institutions to act responsibly in the face of such a colossal (potential) crisis.
I can go on for quite some time, but that's enough for just now. Oh, one more thing, don't forget to have a look at their machinations during several of the tech-bubble IPOs. Lovely bit, that. And soooooo ethical, too (cough, choke).
These days, mate, if you shake hands with GS, be bloody sure to count your fingers immediately afterwards.
Not to mention Robert Rubin!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stealth? Bush's tax cuts, extended out until 2010, have made this economy what it is, growing at 5.3%.
What in hell is the matter with you?
Unfortunately for those who are not members of the environmentalist cult, it looks like Paulson will be easily confirmed. Just like Hayden at CIA, whenever the Dems immediately signal approval I am suspicious. From this afternoon's WSJ Washington Wire:
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/
May 30, 2006, 12:18 pm
"Full Speed Ahead
"A speedy, lopsided confirmation is expected for Henry M. Paulson, President Bush’s choice to succeed John Snow as secretary of the Treasury.
"Paulson received immediate praise from senators in both parties, including Majority Leader Bill Frist (R., Tenn.) and Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, as well as House Republican leaders who’ve been eager for a stronger administration message on the economy. A spokesman for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said Paulson will likely have scant opposition.
"Given the background check required, confirmation could come by 4th of July break, according to Republican leadership aide. –John Harwood"
pretty much correct. these wall street investment houses participated, and in many cases engineered, teh biggest financial fleecing of the american middle class in history, but it was covered up since it occurred under clinton. the largest transfers of wealth, from middle class pensioners who were advised to ride the bubble down, to the wall street gang, occurred in the late 90s.
"Yeah, Ron, the Rockefeller/Morgan/CFR/Trilateralist/STP/Firestone/Massengales Chevy is really running good today"
You don't get the cream of the crop applying for cabinet positions in a lame duck administration with just two more years to run.
Expect more of these "filler-inners" as the year progresses, and pray that they don't do too much damage in their relatively short time.
Why not? Running GS seems to be more training than that goofy Paul O'Neill had, who was off in the weeds with Bono and AIDS assistance.
All the reasons I'm reading on this thread have little to do with what he might do at Treasury, and more about his environmental hobby.
I'd like to hear his position on taxes, on trade issues, on the chinese currency peg, etc.
This place has gone completely looney!!
No more logical than a Michael Moore motion picture.
His newly adopted half-brother?
John McCain is going to love this guy -- is he on the Senate committee that will hold the hearings?
When he wakes up on a Wednesday morning with a democratic senate and congress.
No way!
Now Jefferson is another story.
I applaud those tax cuts, but Pres. Bush has still been very disappointing. The reason we have the excellent lower rates on dividends and capital gains is due to last minute congressional commitee maneuvering when the first tax bill passed. It was almost an accident, and not the focus of Pres. Bush, who pushed hard for free money "rebate" giveaways and undermined the entire principled case for tax reform.
To this day he talks of "stimulus", as if the economy was a drug addict in need of another fix. Reagan refused to let his people use the word "cuts". He insisted it was long-term tax reform to grow the economy. Bush has styled his economic program as an election cycle tactic, and destroyed the argument for permanent low rates. Now the Democrats are the party of fiscal responsibility in the public's mind.
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