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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:20 AM Original message |
How about Robert Reich for Secretary of the Treasury? |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. He was in the Clinton administration. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. He's not a supply sider and not a free marketer but I would like to know what he thought about |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. He left in early 1997 and was not labor secretary then (1999) |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 05:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. I've always liked Reich |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. fine by me... nt |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. Sheila Bair |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I just did a google search on her |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. I love Bob Reich but he apparently is not a particularly good manager |
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Skwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. So, you team him up with a subordinate that is. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. I agree. Obama needs someone liked by the cooler heads on Wall Street. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. He would make an excellent choice. He needs to be more than |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
8. He has a great mind and would be an asset in most any post. nt |
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trayfoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
9. Sounds good to me! |
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AmyCamus (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
10. Why not? Obama loves the Clinton people. (Well, now that is...) |
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Skwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Oh please. Qualified Clintonites should not be excluded. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. No danger there! LOL LOL! Not even a POSSIBILITY of a Clintonite being excluded.nt |
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AmyCamus (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. If I wanted another Clinton adinistration, I would've voted for another Clinton. |
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Skwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I think you have a valid point which is why I said they should have to |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. AmyCamus is nuts, there is no reasoning there. |
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AmyCamus (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. "AmyCamus is nuts"? For thinking Obama will keep his "Change" promise? |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. In all of your 253 posts, have you said anything nice about Obama? |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Reich is not a Clinton person. Where do you want to find the cabinet? |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. But he WAS in the Clinton admin., wasn't he? I think he was. nt |
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AmyCamus (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. "not a Clinton person"??? |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. That is persuasive indeed. I have read enough of Reich to know |
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AmyCamus (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. He's been a friend of the Clintons for 4 decades, was in the admin for 5 years. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Me? a pro-Clinton person? LOL. I think most Clinton people here would call me a Clinton hater. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Since I'm the one who started this thread, let me jump in here..... |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
11. He would be my first choice. |
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Alter Ego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
15. Is he the tiny one? |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. He is the little guy. Rubin was the the tall guy. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
16. The hell with Reich. He suggested that autoworkers should make concessions recently. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I suggest you read the full piece. not the half line a pundit extracted from it on Sunday. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yup. And he left before the Glass-Steagal act was signed into law. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. It wasn't what I read but what I heard with my own ears Sunday morning show. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. My point. You trusted the pundits rather than reading the piece by yourself. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. I didn't hear it from the pundits!!!!! I heard it directly from Reich's lips!!! |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. What about from Robert Reich's own blog? |
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Skwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. So is autoworkers making concessions a bad idea? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. Do you have any idea what concessions were made in the last contract? |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I read in this one that the main concession was bringing the average salary down |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. They do not make anywheres near $69 or $62 an hour. |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. So there are no incremental pay raises at all? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. There is annual pay raise but nothing to bark about. And there is COLA |
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Skwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
26. From what I heard, he sounds like a great pick. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
42. Too short. n/t |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
43. I would prefer an economist for the job, myself. (Reich isn't) |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
46. Yes, Reich would be a good choice. |
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Two Sheds (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
48. Reich is a former Clintonista I'd like to see in the Cabinet |
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Clear Blue Sky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
50. Sure. Why not bring back the entire Clinton cabinet? |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
51. Reich is wonderful, I would love to see him have a role in this admin |
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