Jacob Lew: Another Brick in the Wall Street on the Potomac (William K. Black)

[Kingwithnothrone]

32. Thanks for the welcome

Thanks for the welcome,although it seems like a call out for some reason.I would hope that is not the case.

In any event let me help you with your journey.

Whatever the indigestion on the right, though, there’s no remotely coherent reason for the Senate to block Lew, and I suspect he’ll be confirmed by a wide margin. The longer-term threat to his tour as Treasury secretary could be grumbling on the left. This may be counterintuitive given his progressive credentials. But there’s a special sense of contempt people reserve for fellow travelers they feel may betray them, and it turns out Lew simply isn’t someone who believes Medicare and Social Security are untouchable. To the contrary, he was very much a proponent of pruning Medicare during the 2011 back-and-forth, at least if the GOP reciprocated with equally painful concessions. Among other things, Lew argued internally for ideas like raising the program’s eligibility age, something that makes the hair stand up on the backs of liberals’ necks, and which prompted much hand-wringing among some of Obama’s advisers. (I have details on the debate in my book.) Some liberal budget activists even whispered conspiratorially that Lew’s two years at Citigroup had changed him, though this seems a stretch given that Lew spent his days there keeping an eye on the books, not consorting with masters of the universe. (Which is not to say a liberal wonk didn’t have better things to do in 2007 than toil for a bank trying its damnedest to blow up the world.)

http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/111780/when-it-comes-worldview-jack-lew-obama-in-coke-bottle-glasses

Have a quick glance at these also.

http://www.economicpopulist.org/content/who-knew-jack-lew

http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/personnel-notes/276571-bernie-sanders-to-oppose-lew-nomination-at-treasury


Now with that in mind,let me say this.My ideas and thinking are far to the left.I am not a Liberal.I consider most of my views Leftist when it comes to what needs to be done to change the political situation in this country.That was not always the case,but it is now,and i don't see that changing.If you somehow think i am a Right Winger here to disrupt DU with my views,then you are in a world of confusion.As far as i can tell,there are still some posters here who are much to the left of the Democratic mainstream view and manage to coexist here without much hassle.I would think that views that staunchly defend the working class,the poor,and labor are still welcome at DU.

There will be no tolerance,no acceptance, no pragmatism, and no compromise in my views when it comes to Austerity and the destruction of the safety net(which is the last lifeline for millions of the least among us) regardless of which party is doing it.The election is over,but for millions the fight is just beginning.It won't be won by electing the lesser of two evils and being held hostage by the voice of centrism and conservative elements within the Democratic party.

That being said.The politics of personal perspectives will not be the answer,but one can still try to lend a voice for the poor and working class against Austerity.Cheers hay rick and excuse the grammar.It is not a strong suit.