TPM:
Too often a tedious standoff between the somnolent/dry and the grandstanding/gratuitous, Congressional hearings about the financial crisis have nevertheless produced a few moments of existential clarity. (We refer, obviously, to the time in December when Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings asked Neel Kashkari if he was a "chump", which was surely a question on the lips of anyone who had glimpsed the then-TARP overseer's high school yearbook photos.)
But Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's appearance before a the TARP oversight panel this morning yielded a similarly exchange when AFL-CIO General Counsel Damon Silvers dared to accuse Geithner of being a "banker":
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3 comments:
Actions speak louder than words and Tim's action are proving he's right. Now on a personal level I wrote Tim just to see if Obama's appeointee answer their mail. Yes I got a nice letter in return. Afterward I did feel bad because he has so much work but at lease I know he works for all the American people and Obama was smart to pick him.
I think the word "banker" is now an insult.
The word use "banker" by the nimrod AFL-CIO General Counsel to Geithner was an insult. He was showboating at the hearing. Some of the Congressional leaders are getting too theatrical. The word "CEO" and " Main Street" have become the dirty word in the taxpayers' minds.
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