Meet the new Treasury Secretary. Same as the old Treasury Secretary.
When the history books are written, Tim Geithner’s gonna go down as one of our finest secretaries of the Treasury By President Obama, being way off the mark…
So why the bad taste in progressives’ mouths? It has less to do with where Obama ended up than with how he got there. He kept drawing lines in the sand, then erasing them and retreating to a new position.
By Paul Krugman: Perspective on the Deal
William K. Black explains how the upcoming “Grand Bargain” is a grand sell-out, through a review of the 2011 debt negotiations.
The books authored recently by Jeff Connaughton, Neil Barofsky, and Sheila Bair have made clear that the dominant strategy of the Bush and Obama administrations has been providing aid and comfort to the banksters who drove the crisis rather than holding them accountable for their crimes. By Prof. William K. Black, former regulator under Ronald Reagan
I can’t support either Presidential candidate for a lot of reasons, but this is at the top. Even the most staunchest conservative and capitalist cheerleader in the world would have to agree that you can’t have a stable capitalist system unless you punish fraud and criminality. This is why you can’t take either of candidate seriously when they talk about protecting the middle class, because neither man has lifted a finger (Obama), or has talked about lifting a finger (Romney), to punish the people who wrecked the economy.
Without accountability, the unending parade of megabank scandals will inevitably continue. By Neil Barofksy
Repubs are good for Wall St., Dems are great. Coolidge, Clinton, and Obama yielded the best returns compared to any Republican. 
