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Geithner Tells Town Hall: 'We Have to Change Things'
CNBC ^
| Thursday, 10 Sep 2009
| By: Jeff Cox
Posted on 09/10/2009 11:11:47 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar
"He chose to avoid making definitive statements about whether a tax increase was in the cards to help trim down the deficit. But he reiterated Obama's pledge during a speech to the nation Wednesday night that there would not be a tax hike to pay for health care reform."LIAR
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posted on
09/10/2009 11:15:30 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(George Orwell would be proud. Truth are lies, Slavery is Freedom, Oppression is Feminism.)
To: Jet Jaguar
Hey Timmy, next April, focus on paying your damn taxes this time Ok
To: Jet Jaguar
Yeah, some of “we” certainly have to learn to change things....like admitting that spending money “we” don’t have will not get “we” out of debt, eh Turbo Tax man?
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posted on
09/10/2009 11:20:29 PM PDT
by
cranked
To: goodnesswins
But he reiterated Obama's pledge during a speech to the nation Wednesday night that there would not be a tax hike to pay for health care reform." [on a regional TV show here in Montana, "Face the State"]
Max Baucus said that there was no provision for illegals getting health care under "the bill". His reasoning was that there was NO FUNDING FOR IT! (well, gee Max, couldn't THAT change?)
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posted on
09/10/2009 11:24:47 PM PDT
by
This_far
(I am Joe Wilson... Obama lies/lied)
To: Jet Jaguar
"We understood how bad this washow damaging this wasand we did things that people were incredibly critical of because we knew that this was getting away from us," Geithner told a special CNBC town hall meeting Thursday. Haven't Obama and his minions been telling us for months that they had no idea how bad it was. I think they are still saying that.
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posted on
09/10/2009 11:41:15 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Want to work? Don't join a union. Want to make money and not work? Join a union.)
To: Jet Jaguar
Also in keeping with Obama's speech, Geithner used the opportunity to take a few jabs at the Bush administration for overspending. This is something like Bernie Madoff angrily denouncing the crime of shoplifting.
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posted on
09/10/2009 11:43:46 PM PDT
by
denydenydeny
("I'm sure this goes against everything you've been taught, but right and wrong do exist"-Dr House)
To: Jet Jaguar
"...the most important thing now, we can do, is to get this economy back to where were growing; where firms are investing again; people are creating jobs again,"
How can firms invest and jobs get created if the banks won't lend any money??
The credit crunch is deep and extreme. It's very, very difficult to get any kind of business loan or mortgage, and credit limits are being cut to the bone for millions of borrowers.
This sort of talk by Geithner seems like a fantasy. They're going to have to go to Plan B and figure out a way to get the banks to loan money again, or this economy is eventually going to grind to a complete stop.
To: Jet Jaguar
Yeah!
People shouldn’t be allowed to get away with tax fraud like I did. :)
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posted on
09/11/2009 12:18:47 AM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
To: Jet Jaguar
Geithner Tells Town Hall: 'We Have to Change Things' We can start with getting back to the rule of law after your boss is ridden out of town on a rail.
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posted on
09/11/2009 12:37:54 AM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(The way to destroy a countercultural movement is to have white people start liking it.)
To: Jet Jaguar
There will be enough rope for this scumbag too!!
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posted on
09/11/2009 12:38:50 AM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
(We knew a revolution was coming, but who knew it would be started by rowdy senior citizens! lol...)
To: Jet Jaguar; ex-Texan
Poor little tax cheat Timmy, Big Banking's messenger boy, looks sooooo upset. What will his bosses think at Goldman Sachs? For compensation to sooth poor Timmy's shattered nerves, while being confronted with the truth concerning his treasonous financial high crimes, some additional tax-funded briefcases, in Euros & Swiss Francs, deposited in his numerous, top secret, offshore accounts -- for starters, via Obama Inc., Chicago style.
"What am I going to say to con the dumb sheeple?"
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posted on
09/11/2009 12:53:26 AM PDT
by
M. Espinola
(Freedom is not 'free'.)
To: Jet Jaguar
Pay your $%^&# taxes and shut up!
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posted on
09/11/2009 2:45:27 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
Asked whether the Federal Reserve and Treasury acted too slowly when the financial system began collapsing and if it intervened too much once it got involved, Geithner rejected both assertions. "It feels unfair and unjust, but look at what happens if you take too much risk," he said. "If you indulge the sentiment that you can stall the crisis by teaching people a lesson, you're going to make the crisis dramatically worse and you're going to make it much more expensive to solve." By the same token, he said the government is anxious to shed itself of stakes in various financial companies -- Citigroup [C 4.75 0.09 (+1.93%) ] and American International Group [AIG 37.85 -1.04 (-2.67%) ] among others -- but won't do so before the timing is right.
Thanks Jet Jaguar.
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posted on
09/11/2009 3:00:33 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: denydenydeny
Gypse, Tramp & Thief Turbo Tax Timmy.
To: SkyPilot
Tax cheats are a dime a dozen within president wee wee’s circle of friends and appointees.
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posted on
09/11/2009 3:18:11 AM PDT
by
tiger63
To: Jet Jaguar
Yes we do need to change things, in 2010
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posted on
09/11/2009 3:18:16 AM PDT
by
ronnie raygun
(THE NEW GREEN IS THE OLD RED! ML)
To: Jet Jaguar
“I think things are going to feel just hard, unacceptably hard, for a long period of time...”
What a pity 0bama didn’t campaign with that slogan.
To: M. Espinola
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posted on
09/11/2009 3:27:17 AM PDT
by
ex-Texan
(Ecclesiastes 5:10 - 20)
To: Sarah Barracuda
Yup—concentrate on paying your fair share for once, Mr Turbo Tax man. Can’t believe this tax cheat has the job.
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