Re: [Pen-l] Rubonomics for the People

["Jim Devine" <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

has Jamie Galbraith been Finlandized? (like Derek Shearer under Bill Clinton)

Michael Perelman wrote:
> Like many of you, I was a bit dismayed when Obama turned to Robert Rubin and his
> coterie for economic advice. I now admit that I was mistaken. According to Tuesday's
> Wall Street Journal, Citicorp has been paying Robert Rubin $17 million a year for a
> part-time job with no responsibility. Judging by the company's performance, the
> expectations placed on him might not be particularly high.
>
> My full-time teaching job leaves me little spare time, but I think I could put aside
> a few hours each week in return for $17 million.  I would be willing to take a pay
> cut in return for cutting back a few extra hours.
>
> If you're like me, and think that you would want an opportunity like that, I would
> hope that Pres. Obama would enact policies that would give everybody an opportunity
> like Robert Rubin.  With this in mind, I will put myself an unofficial adviser to
> the Obama campaign, suggesting the slogan: Rubinomics for the People.
>
> Go Barak!

Erin go barak!

-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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