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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

TurboTax Timmy Has a Temper Tantrum

Sort of like being scolded by Bambi:
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner blasted top U.S. financial regulators in an expletive-laced critique last Friday as frustration grows over the Obama administration's faltering plan to overhaul U.S. financial regulation, according to people familiar with the meeting.

The proposed regulatory revamp is one of President Barack Obama's top domestic priorities. But since it was unveiled in June, the plan has been criticized by the financial-services industry, as well as by financial regulators wary of encroachment on their turf.

Mr. Geithner told the regulators Friday that "enough is enough," said one person familiar with the meeting. Mr. Geithner said regulators ...
I'm sure the toughest thing about that meeting was trying to keep from laughing in Timmy's face.

1 comment:

Nightingale said...

The Chinese had no trouble laughing at our representatives. Maybe we should laugh in their faces more often.