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Geithner Goes Over the Edge

Edward587 Wrote: Apr 28, 2012 7:25 AM

Mr. Kudlow ... ahem ... >>> Now let me pause here. I know Tim Geithner personally, and I like him. Always have. ??? I think that it's time for you to examine who you like personally, because ... wait for it ... it IS personal. Wealth resdistribution in any form strikes at the very core of this nation. Whether it's ObamaCare, 'Tax the Rich' schemes, bank bailouts, or sweet union deals in the auto bailouts, Geithner is the 'bag man' for Obama's policies and shouldn't be given a personal pass just because he's 'following orders'. A man of character and principle would have resigned long ago rather than carry them out. I repeat, it IS personal.

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Geithner Goes Over the Edge

Is Tim Geithner the most politically partisan treasury secretary in history? Certainly sounds like it these days. As the government’s chief financial officer, he’s spending a lot of time firing campaign barbs at various Republicans and their policies.

Geithner has blasted Mitt Romney by name on several occasions. He frequently attacks Representative Paul Ryan and the GOP budget. And he recently fired a broadside at top-Romney economist Glenn Hubbard, who is presently dean of the Colombia Business School.

Responding to a Hubbard op-ed in the Wall Street Journal -- which calculated that the president’s spending plans...