I think…

no one is close enough to Geithner’s work to check what he’s doing

Why would you say that?

Geithner was co-creator of TARP I. And AFAIC his work since then is pretty much the same, w/a few stylistic tweeks. I suspect everyone in Bush’s Treasury knows exactly what Timmy’s doing, as do the holdovers still there.

And from what I’ve gathered, BO has spent more time (both since inageration and before) on econ matters w/Geithner (and rest of his crew) than rest of his cabinet combined. Hard to imagine BO not only knows what he’s doing, BO thoroughly supports and endorses this stuff.

Although the way things are starting to look in this WH, wouldn’t surprise me if BO cuts him loose at some point and distances himself from Geithner’s actions… as implausible as that seems. Kind’a reminds me of you knoW Who.

Obama period. In addtion while he looking at afganistan he must think about relieving GATES,ORDERNO,PETRAUS and any other persons of his national security team

Not only are Republicans saying Obama & team are doing badly, they are also calling for BO to fire this one or that one.

What a joke. They just want Obama to fail. They DON’T care whether America succeeds.

I also agree that there are criminal activities going on in this market meltdown. However, I’m not yet convinced that Geithner is in any way complicit. I think it more likely that he’s overworked and has too much on his plate.

Paulson, IMHO, was a genuinely arrogant man who made some big, big mistakes. The problem for Paulson is that his mistakes helped his pals make a tremendous amount of money, which makes his actions appear suspicious.

I don’t yet have enough info about Geithner, other than the fact that I am convinced Wall Street is out to get him because he has a lot of dirt on them. And another staff change at the head of Treasury does not sound like a good thing right now.

Do I agree with his economics? Quite possibly not?
I think that he’s up against huge criminal activity, and he has to be extremely careful about what he says — the result is that he doesn’t come off well in the media.

We’ll see over time how it all plays out.

We need to start charging some people with breaking some laws.

My patience is at an end.

Good thing you’re not the guy in charge of fixing the economy, eh?

I figured out a way to stop this
anybody object to AIG employees paying a 110% tax rate ???
get a $10 million bonus, YOU OWE US $11 MILLION IN TAXES, MUTHERFUCKER
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anybody think a jury is gonna care about AIG ???

Clearly there are some people who still WANT to trash the economy. Couldn’t possibly be Obama supporters. Must be Republicans.

And this is the root of the problem with Geithner and the greater problem of the whole mess. These characters don’t see this as evil or wrong or criminal.

No, they see it as successful, clever, and wealth-creating.

They ’earned’ their bloody bonuses. In their minds.