This letter is associated with the following article:
Letters
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:00 AM

The Treasury secretary sweepstakes

Lawrence Summers or Tim Geithner? Is there really any difference, besides style?
Andrew Leonard

Read other letters about this article

  • Tuesday, November 11, 2008 05:51 PM

    There's a good case to be made to not appoint a banker

    Geithner is a banker. That's what bankers do. The Treasury secy has a entirely different role and scope of responsibilities. We really don't need two Fed Chairmen at the helm, do we? Also while Geithner may have spoken out in the past, in his role as NY Fed Gov, he has had a deep and wide role in this financial mess. He's lent his organization to offering up cheap almost free debt for years. THAT apparently didn't stick in his craw.

    —hawkpsd Read hawkpsd's other letters

    Flag
Read other letters about this article

Most Active Letters Threads

359

A key British official reminds us of the forgotten anthrax attack

A vast array of establishment and expert sources do not believe this episode was really resolved.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
323

Tough-guy John Bolton, hiding under his bed

As usual, right-wing pseudo-warriors are drowning in extreme cowardice.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
178

Is Obama's civil liberties record understandable?

Was it unreasonable to expect him to adhere to his commitments regarding the Constitution?
Glenn Greenwald Read article
154

Phil Carter's resignation from key detainee policy post

Many of the "War on Terror" policies he spent years condemning were ones expressly embraced by Obama.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
99

Palin, Prejean: Beastly treatment for beauties

The governor turned author must fight what the pageant queen learned: Politics and hotness make strange bedfellows
By Gene Lyons Read article

View all »

Letters Help

Currently in Salon