Tim Geithner Must Go

[rsmith6621]

.......He is corrupt...The stimulus went to his old buddies....it is not working....the billions should have gone to consumers to pay debt down..........and yes I agree with another thread...GROWTH IS NOT TAKING PLACE.

[avaistheone1]

1. He is either corrupt or completely incompetent.

I believe corrupt is the right answer.

[AllentownJake]

2. The President picked him

Guess you can blame the vetting process...either that or he speaks for the President.

[jgraz]

5. And what about Rahm and Summers and Salazar and Vilsack and LaHood?

I think an earlier vetting process may have failed us...

[notadmblnd]

20. I think he was picked for the president

other than that I can only think of one reason Obama would have chosen him, and I won't go into that.

[amandabeech]

35. Yes. Geithner's tax problems should have been a major tip-off.

But they weren't.

[Captain Hilts]

3. He's the president's guy. The prez likes him. nt

[closeupready]

16. Irrelevant.

n/t

[Captain Hilts]

21. We wish. nt

[closeupready]

23. Yeah, s'pose so.

n/t

[Richardo]

4. No argument here - he's Obama's biggest mistake.

The President ought to cut his losses and cut him loose.

[tonysam]

7. He's Obama's second biggest mistake. His biggest is Arne Duncan. n/t

[tavalon]

15. I think Rahm is his biggest mistake

[CountAllVotes]

25. 3rd biggest mistake is Bernanke

and after that the list is:

Wars in Afghanistan & Iraq.

Change you can believe in alright. :(

[amandabeech]

36. Summers is no treasure, either. n/t

[tonysam]

26. Rahm isn't anything to brag about, true, but Duncan has the influence to do untold

mischief on public education; in fact, it is deteriorating right before our very eyes.

[Romulox]

29. Let's not forget Austan Goolsbee. Talk about the canary in the coalmine! nt

[amandabeech]

38. He was the canary in the coal mine for me.

I knew we were in trouble when Obama picked him. Then we had Obama saying that we needed to renegotiate NAFTA, and Goolsbee, according to some sources, telling the Canadians that it was a campaign promise that meant nothing. Goolsbee appears to have been correct, despite the campaign's claims to the contrary at the time.

Obama did not get my vote in the primary because of his economic team and their policies.

[Sebastian Doyle]

6. Fire the whole Goddamn Sucks "economic team"

Send Timmy back to his hollow tree and hire a new team with no ties to Wall Street, the "federal" reserve, or the DLC.

[leftstreet]

The preferred term is 'Golden Sacs'

:)

[amandabeech]

40. I've seen Goldmine Sachs.

Golden Sacs, Goldman Sucks, Goldmine Sachs.

They're all good! :grr:

[avaistheone1]

27. ^5

[dugaresa]

8. it was apparent from the beginning he was not going to work out

and he has proven it completely.

Obama must ask him for his resignation so he can spend time with his buddies on Wall Street, I am sure someone has a nice cushy job waiting for him.

[closeupready]

19. Of course it should have been clear - cheats on his taxes and this guy is not corrupt?

Um, right. :eyes: (I'm agreeing with you, by the way. ;) )

[C_Lawyer09]

33. You don't seem to understand

Geither is not my guy, he's not your guy, but he is Obama's guy, as hard as that is for many in here to wrap their arms around. As long as were talking about Geithner, whether he goes or stays, there remains the fact, that unless the turn of the century anti-trust reforms are at least updated, replacing personnel isn't going to matter much. "systemic change" is what's needed versus personnel shuffling, second is actual campaign finance reform without follow on legislation that guts it, and then personnel would be of importance. Audit the fed?

[RKP5637]

42. Good analysis of the situation. I agree too. "Systemic change" is required to

fix any of this. Otherwise, it's just treading water and we're slowly drowning.

[kentuck]

9. Water is the only reality for a fish..

Geithner knows nothing but Wall Street. That is his "water".

[Toucano]

Agreed! +1 n-t

[Romulox]

10. Obama went ahead with the nomination even after Geithner was exposed as a tax cheat.

:shrug:

[MNDemNY]

18. He has a "plan" do not doubt! Hater!

[closeupready]

22. That's a Rubik's Cube, if there is one.

n/t

[G_j]

11. +1000

[PADemD]

12. Elizabeth Warren would do a better job.

[Toucano]

24. +1

This would go a long way in restoring my ever-so-slightly diminished hopes for Obama.

[RKP5637]

13. Somethings wrong! The only thing working is for the fat cats and big dogs raking in more dough! n/t

[closeupready]

14. K&R

n/t

[Toucano]

17. Firegeithner.com is already registered.

So is geithnermustgo.com

Registered in March and February 2009 by different people.

[dionysus]

28. FAIL. the stimulous is largely unspent. try harder.

well, at least you can join the republicans in calling it a failure.
:shrug:

[Romulox]

30. Double digit unemployment is all part of the PLAN. Haven't you been paying attention?

:silly:

[dionysus]

32. you guys are past the point of reality by now.

or you just don't have any understanding of what you're talking about.

what do you guys do for an encore?

[C_Lawyer09]

37. Lets consider something

Is it possible a huge bureaucracy is not cut out to ensure the money goes where it is needed? I applaud the effort, but the banks aren't even loaning to small business. Buying up all these mortgage securities was supposed to be the big fix. Growth can start from the bottom up, but not the top down. Look how much money we've poured into Africa as an example. They are more dependent than they were in the 1960's. Repatriation is the only thing that is working half way in LDC's, micro loans, a third of the way. Pouring money at problems won't fix them, specifically targeting money might.

[amandabeech]

41. That's not what Christine Romer said in Sept. or Oct.

You have old news.

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[Jack Rabbit]

34. To the Wall Street regime in Washington . . .

You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

39. Corporate welfare and trickle down economics is now PC to some here. K&R

[Greyhound]

43. K&R.

[SIMPLYB1980]

44. Good luck with that.

:rofl: