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Octafish

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1. Obviously

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 07:17 PM

Jan 2013

What this means, from Dr. Black:

The obvious aspects of this pattern include: (1) Obama prefers to have Wall Street guys run finance (despite coming to power because Wall Street blew up the world), (2) the revolving door under Obama that connects Wall Street and the White House has been super-charged, and (3) even very short stints in Wall Street have made Obama's finance advisers wealthy. The obvious is vitally important, and it is largely ignored by the most prominent media. The obvious aspects help explain why Obama's economic policies have been incoherent, ineptly explained, inequitable, and often slavishly pro-Wall Street at the expense of our integrity and citizens.

Dr. Black blasts the Banksters

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Jacob Lew: Another Brick in the Wall Street on the Potomac (William K. Black) [View all] Octafish Jan 2013 OP

Obviously Octafish Jan 2013 #1

The lesson is that just because the president replaces one of the elites doesnt mean he will replace rhett o rick Jan 2013 #2

The Goldman Sachs Project to take over America nears completion. Octafish Jan 2013 #3

I am currently reading "The Irony of Democracy" by Thomas R. Dye. rhett o rick Jan 2013 #11

Wealth Extraction by Theft is very cost-effective. So's owning a bank. Octafish Jan 2013 #21

thanks for reminding me what a fucking idiot William Black is. banned from Kos Jan 2013 #4

Why? whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #5

Jacob Lew is a staunch supporter of SS, Medicare, and Medicaid. banned from Kos Jan 2013 #8

"bank griefers" lol whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #10

Gee. That's the OPPOSITE of what Dr. Black wrote. Puro Third Way is more like it. Octafish Jan 2013 #12

you left out something Kingwithnothrone Jan 2013 #13

Welcome to DU. hay rick Jan 2013 #25

Thanks for the welcome Kingwithnothrone Jan 2013 #32

We are like minded on austerity. hay rick Jan 2013 #34

Thanks gonna have a look Kingwithnothrone Jan 2013 #36

Dr. Black only points out what we need people with INTEGRITY in Government. Octafish Jan 2013 #6

Perhaps the most predictable response in this thread. marmar Jan 2013 #7

Another banker who profited from the 2008 financial crisis is empowered in the Obama administration Octafish Jan 2013 #19

K & R !!! WillyT Jan 2013 #9

The Inconvenient Truth About Jack Lew Octafish Jan 2013 #16

Daley being a Wall Streeter is absurd. FarCenter Jan 2013 #14

Responsibility, as in No Accountability. Octafish Jan 2013 #17

I have no doubt that the guy is a protege of Robert Rubin FarCenter Jan 2013 #18

Dr. Black discussed Lew on TYT this evening Oilwellian Jan 2013 #15

Cenk pegs the guy as just the kind of guy the New Democrats need. Octafish Jan 2013 #20

The canaries are singing, but few care to listen Oilwellian Jan 2013 #33

"First, Obama likes to surround himself with failure" great white snark Jan 2013 #22

What did we really expect? Someone to set things right? Haha! MrSlayer Jan 2013 #23

"Failure of Epic Proportions": Treasury Nominee Jack Lew’s Pro-Bank, Austerity, Deregulation Legacy Agony Jan 2013 #24

Well it seems, from the articles and the commentary posted on this forum that Romney should have Purveyor Jan 2013 #26

Romney's deficiencies are not a credit to Obama. hay rick Jan 2013 #29

How do you come to that conclusion? MrSlayer Jan 2013 #30

Well I guess I trust the President's judgement more than you. We shall see at the end of the day Purveyor Jan 2013 #31

I was practicing "Another Brick in the Wall" last night for a gig on the 26th. TrogL Jan 2013 #27

Another Lew article. hay rick Jan 2013 #28

A kinder, more gentle corporatist TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #35