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Obama names AIG director to tax task force?
Wtf is that? Strange bedfellows?
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- One of the people named this week to President Obama's new Task Force on Tax Reform is a member of the AIG board of directors.
Martin Feldstein, a professor of economics at Harvard University, has been on the board of American International Group since 1988. He also was a prominent economic adviser to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.
Asked about the AIG connection, a senior administration official said Friday that the White House declined to comment on the story.
"The task force's job description is to propose ways to simplify the tax code, reduce tax evasion, close loopholes and make changes in corporate tax breaks."
When I hired people, I seldom (read: never) hired someone who had caused me "outrage".
How outraged could Obama have been?
Illia, thank you for the suggestion. Very enlightening and frightening. Yes, I am aware this is happening.
Hide and watch.
Then, just hide.
Thank you, everyone, for your responses.
8 Answers
- ?Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Well, the administration is certainly grateful to the AIG execs for the contributions to the politicians, and they've been richly rewarded.
Obama seems to not care about honesty or integrity of those he has in his own administration, as evicenced by the attempted appointment of Daschle, and the appointment of Geithner, who is also involved in the AIG bonus scandal.
Good politicians are ones who stay bought, evidently.
And America has the best politicians that money can buy.
- Anonymous5 years ago
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- canamLv 71 decade ago
Obama has all his pals in his administration. I am surprised he has not appointed william ayers director of homegrown terrorist's. There is such a lack of integrity in the whitehouse, and congress that it is hard to have trust or respect for any of them.
- SugarLv 71 decade ago
What better way to solve a problem than using someone who caused the problem in the first place. That was a stroke of Genius
- Illia KLv 41 decade ago
Dear Claudia, you need to open your eye's and mind, our politicians have sold us out a long time ago and the American people are still in a coma.
Here is what's next AMERO AND THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION. Go to yahoo or google and search.
Source(s): www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com - Beverly SLv 71 decade ago
Next Charles Manson will be put in charge of crime....This is long past ridiculous.... LONG PAST!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
The entire "outrage" episode was nothing but a dog and pony show - anyone that fell for it needs to have their head examined
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Not everyone that has anything to do with AIG is directly responsible for the dirty deeds done by a few of them.
