I've been seeing this theme more and more (particularly in rags like the New York Post) - some of America's Titans of Commerce who claim to be more liberally oriented are whining about the Obama Administration. Some are grading it, giving poor marks inasmuch as they're not getting the policies that their little avaricious hearts are desiring.
As an everyday, common schlub from flyover country, I'm inclined to start handing out some grades of my own on their overcompensated performance.
Burned by Obama - Wall St. execs feel betrayed
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In the depths of the financial crisis last year, people like Morgan Stanley's John Mack, BlackRock's Larry Fink, Greg Fleming (then of Merrill Lynch), JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein were telling everyone that candidate Barack Obama was a "moderate," and moderation was what this country needed.
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Obama, according to Wall Street people who regularly deal with his economic and budget officials, is acting as if he has a blank check to do what he wants, while ignoring the longterm costs of his policies.
As one CEO of a major financial firm told me: "The economic guys say that when they explain the costs of programs, the policy guys simply thank them for their time and then ignore what they say."
In other words, the economic people feel that they have almost no say in this administration's policy decisions.
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The Titans of Trade, the Masters of Mercantilism are feeling the chapped ass over the fact that they screwed up by the numbers, milked the system dry and are even now continuing in their ineptitude and greed.
Dimon, for one, is hoovering my checking account for some credit balances I wish i didn't have, and others are too.
If they're eager to grade, I'm hoping that they'll start marking up their own work in scoring their own performance.