Bruce Johnson
American Thinker
11/2/2013
…It is order viagra without prescription for all to witness the constant parade of ex Goldman Sachs executives to high position in the United States Government. They seem to find lofty positions closely linked to their actual business activities with remarkable regularity. Treasury Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, New York Federal Reserve and the like are positions that Goldman seems to enjoy first refusal. This is the same firm that was bailed out via the AIG bailout in ’08. They assured everyone that they really didn’t need the money, as they took same directed to them by their old CEO.
Who was indeed bailed out, and who was not, was decided with the help of their ex CEO acting as Treasury Secretary. That worked out well. Turn back the page ten years and another former CEO, acting as Treasury Secretary, guided President Bill Clinton in the latter’s removal of the Glass Steagall Act. That Act had been crafted to prevent the inbreeding and misdeeds on Wall Street, exactly what culminated in the 2007 and 2008 financial fiasco and subsequent bailouts. Systemic risk was the phrase of the day, and one firm was there, hip deep from beginning to end. They left smelling like a rose.
Why a firm would pay such exorbitant amounts for vapid linguistics from a potential Presidential candidate is fairly evident. Building friendships and filling high positions in government, if the opportunity and offers develop, is a sport on Wall Street. Some firms are champions year in and year out. The trophies and rewards are valuable, as noted…
Read the whole thing at American Thinker.
Related: Hillary Goes for History: “Ceilings in America are Unacceptable.”
…And Hillary will run as Hillary, not as Hillary Clinton.
You see, Clinton is the past, but Hillary is the future … for women.
Clinton is a pushing-70, quarter-century creature of DC whose name is associated with shady land deals, impeachment, cattle futures, failed policy initiatives, an unspectacular tenure in the Senate, and four years as Secretary of State with no achievements other than four dead Americans in Benghazi and the cover-up that followed.
Hillary is an outsider, a fresh face, the greatest Secretary of State in America’s history, and most importantly, a woman.
Hillary knows that, other than being a Democrat, another way to win the allegiance of the media is to be a Historic Democrat…
