Comments for International Agreement on Financial Reform: It's a Matter of Interpretation at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.cepr.net Wed, 22 May 2013 20:42:31 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/international-agreement-on-financial-reform-its-a-matter-of-interpretation/#comment-724 And why, pray tell, is the Obama administration so averse to transaction taxes? One would think with the deficit hawks circling and politicians in the legislative branch dutifully sharpening their talons, that the White House would be searching for tax money. At the very least one would expect the administration to be politically savvy enough to know the voting public would be on board with the idea. Pretty soon Obama's deficit reduction commission will report that Medicare spending needs to be cut and Social Security "reorganized" in order to address the long-term debt. Seems Obama should be smart enough to realize that asking social program recipients to take a hit without demanding that Wall Street do the same is very bad politics. - Queen of Sheba Fri, 28 May 2010 14:41:35 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/international-agreement-on-financial-reform-its-a-matter-of-interpretation/#comment-718 Since Geithner rarely completes a sentence (or phrase for that matter), I'm not sure how the media figures out what he's trying to say. And of course what he thinks, as Dean constantly points out, is an entirely other matter. - Joseph Kennedy Fri, 28 May 2010 06:08:44 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/international-agreement-on-financial-reform-its-a-matter-of-interpretation/#comment-716 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cppY-n1i79w - moral hazard Fri, 28 May 2010 04:39:09 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/international-agreement-on-financial-reform-its-a-matter-of-interpretation/#comment-715 unfortunately isthatso is right- that's how GS recruited the "fabulous fab" to fraudulently sell those junk tranches- little did he stop to think that his nickname is short for what he is being prosecuted for!? - frankenduf Fri, 28 May 2010 04:12:44 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/international-agreement-on-financial-reform-its-a-matter-of-interpretation/#comment-711 [quote]There is a push in Europe, led in part by Germany, for more extensive regulation of finance[/quote] This is great news for the US, which will benefit from the flight of the best and brightest financial personnel as they jump ship to avoid suppressive regulations in Europe, leaving the rest to rot in a socialist swamp. Stupid liberals. - izzatzo Fri, 28 May 2010 02:19:15 +0100