tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21123853.post2116327580117401702..comments2024-02-12T04:30:53.556-05:00Comments on Tim White Listens: If Geithner thwarts open government, does Obama really support transparency?Tim Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16588518063096822071noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21123853.post-73686003234554353282009-01-23T19:39:00.000-05:002009-01-23T19:39:00.000-05:00Maybe I'm confused but freezing the salaries for o...Maybe I'm confused but freezing the salaries for one year for people who were only hired a few days ago doesn't seem like much savings to me. How often would one expect to get a raise in his or her first year on the job?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21123853.post-83657315614618460842009-01-23T00:10:00.000-05:002009-01-23T00:10:00.000-05:00Some are saying we must have Geithner. Didn't we h...Some are saying we must have Geithner. Didn't we hear the same about Greenspan and how brilliant he was, yet you can blame Greenspan for mush of today's mess. <BR/><BR/>Let's get a person we can trust.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21123853.post-33273885489782070952009-01-22T19:28:00.000-05:002009-01-22T19:28:00.000-05:00If Tim Geitner is the answer, we are obviously ask...If Tim Geitner is the answer, we are obviously asking the wrong questionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21123853.post-69469802360305843942009-01-22T10:38:00.000-05:002009-01-22T10:38:00.000-05:00The day we “move beyond” arguments in politics is ...The day we “move beyond” arguments in politics is the day we no longer have a democracy. The day we stop criticizing dishonesty in government is the day we are not capable of self-government.<BR/><BR/>“Obama wants to move beyond old arguments … and unite us” sounds like a recipe for dictatorship. Remember, all dictators first presented themselves as benevolent saviors. But no politician, not even Obama, is the Christ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21123853.post-28998117713851135532009-01-22T10:28:00.000-05:002009-01-22T10:28:00.000-05:00"Obama wants to move beyond the old arguments of p..."Obama wants to move beyond the old arguments of politics and unite us. Stop citicising."<BR/><BR/>They stopped criticising Bush and you can see how good that worked out. <BR/><BR/>If Obama is to maintain our trust in him and his administration, then he has to get rid of people who have done things that make them appear untrustworthy. <BR/><BR/>Geithner can not be trusted. If he is so smart, then he knew he wasn't paying his taxes and just didn't care. Only little people pay taxes. <BR/><BR/>If Obama doesn't get rid of him now and any other screwups, these people will be lodestones around Obama's neck and the American people will be to ones that get hust the most. <BR/><BR/>Dump the cheater.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21123853.post-36490818642901858512009-01-22T10:09:00.000-05:002009-01-22T10:09:00.000-05:00The last poster is so negative. We need to be pos...The last poster is so negative. We need to be positive. Obama wants to move beyond the old arguments of politics and unite us. Stop criticising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21123853.post-80343102891941213382009-01-22T09:47:00.000-05:002009-01-22T09:47:00.000-05:00Not to mention that Geithner didn't pay his taxes ...Not to mention that Geithner didn't pay his taxes for four years. But that was just an "oversight", Obama and Geithner assure us.<BR/><BR/>Once may be an oversight. Not paying your taxes four years, even after being sent notice by the IRS, is a <I>deliberate pattern</I> of evasion and deceipt. So much for honesty and transparency from this new administration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com