But, he added ominously: "Bair's hardball tactics aren't just irritating bankers, though. She's also making enemies of career bureaucrats and Wall Street sympathizers. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner - reportedly tried to push out Bair before he took office in December."Rest assured, if Bair loses out and Geithner has his way, Citigroup's CEO and the other Wall Street moguls will be thrilled. But the public will have lost |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.