Comments on: The campaign against Larry Summers

By: B. Salem

B. Salem — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:32:57 +0000

Larry Summers ran over my dog!

By: Rohan Mark

Rohan Mark — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:47:11 +0000

Larry summers helped in the killing of Y.S.Rajasekara Reddy an indian chief minister of Andhra Pradesh on september 2nd of 2009. He was involved with the biggest giant Mukesh Ambani. All involved in his death should be hanged all over.

By: Alice

Alice — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:11:21 +0000

The Bell: Yes, one more question. Is this the best you can do? Maybe Summers should be let go, but you’re not making much of a case.

Summers was forced out of Harvard due to political correctness run amok and not, as you state, for his financial stewardship. His financial strategy made Harvard a hell of a lot of money. Sure, that may have been pure luck, but he can hardly be blamed for the fact that his successors didn’t have sufficient brains to change his strategy when the financial conditions also changed. Frankly, if I were him, I’d think Harvard had it coming.

But hey, he’s fat, so kick him out!

By: The Bell

The Bell — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:56:33 +0000

Summers needs to go. He’s been told that before – notably at Harvard after, among numerous other gaffes, nearly ruining them financially. From his income statements, Summers definitely looked out for Number One while there, just like his buddy Andrei Schliefer did to Harvard and to all of Russia. Now that fat incompetent Summers is doing it all over again at the expense of just about everybody else in the United States.

If it’s about handicapping the Obama administration, Larry Summers is a bipartisan boat anchor who should be fired at once and along with him, whoever thought it would be a good idea to hire him in the first place.

If it’s about comparing Washington to baseball, imagine if Pete Rose were nominated to the post of Ethics Commissioner. That’s Larry Summers in a nutshell. Any more questions?

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:04:50 +0000

“Such reasoning annoys Washington liberals, as it did during the Clinton years when much of the left-wing, ‘Putting People First’ agenda lost out to the deficit reduction advocated by Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan and, yes, Summers”

Hey, they’re free to advocate whatever they want. But in that case, minimal honesty demands that they not bash the GOP by holding up the Clinton years as a model.

By: Fred Belz

Fred Belz — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:00:29 +0000

I think that lots of campaign promises have not lived up to what was expected. What should have been promised was a thorough investigation of the financial misdealings with the leaders who were responsible being brought to justice. I do not think Mr Obama has the backbone to stand up for his ideals, and it will surely shorten his tenure in office. I also think that he is looking more at party politics and making everyone happy than doing what is right for the country. By not standing up he has lost the support of his party.

By: Janet

Janet — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:21:25 +0000

Obama is not left enough and he best get rid of the right thinking idiots he has in Summers, Geithner, and Gensler and replace with Elizbeth Warren or Sheila Bair. Get the insiders out of the chicken coup or you will never be able to clean the coop.

By: Craig Teuber

Craig Teuber — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:27:54 +0000

The campaign against Larry Sumners is of his own making and the sooner it ends with either his resignation or forced ouster the better. While he may be an academic genius as so many people are eager to drop to their knee’s and exclaim, his judgements have fallen far short of his billing. You might remember Greenspan and Rubin were once thought of as ‘market gods’ before unfolding events proved them to be charlatans.

James, perhaps if you were more interested in fighting for the citizens of our country with the critical minds eye expressed through your keyboard instead of a veiled political undertone, you would realize that Sumners is no different than Rubin or Greenspan, one of the three blind mice who have have lead this country into economic ruin.

By: willis

willis — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:25:17 +0000

The dems realize they have a problem looming in coming elections. They are blocked by the Republicans from now adopting a policy of fiscal responsibility. Their only chance is to double down and go for a stimulus package so huge that it will finance enough corruption to buy their way back in. Look for a lot of well placed earmarks in coming legislation.

By: EconRob

EconRob — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:55:27 +0000

Romer before Obamanomics, “Government spending does not reverse a recession. ”
Romer after Obamanomics, “Government spending is the only way to reverse a recession. “