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Old 11-30-2009, 06:40 PM
 
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Old 11-30-2009, 06:43 PM
 
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Another case of Obama Derangement Syndrome since most of the criticism about Obama appointees is centered on those who were in the private sector, see Tim Geitner, Larry Summers.
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Old 11-30-2009, 06:44 PM
 
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Well seeing how the government isn't the private sector, I'm not seeing the problem.
How do you expect the government to "help create jobs" in the public sector if no one has experience doing so?

How do you expect them to understand the ramifications of bills, taxes, legislation, mandates, cap/trade, or even the healthcare changes?
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Old 11-30-2009, 06:48 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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How do you expect the government to "help create jobs" in the public sector if no one has experience doing so?

How do you expect them to understand the ramifications of bills, taxes, legislation, mandates, cap/trade, or even the healthcare changes?
They don't intend to care
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Old 11-30-2009, 06:51 PM
 
Location: DFW Texas
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And how many of that 7% used Affirmative Action to gain employment? That would be an interesting statistic to see.
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Old 11-30-2009, 06:54 PM
 
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Why am I not surprised?
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Old 11-30-2009, 06:55 PM
 
Location: Missouri
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Is it important that he has a lot of people with private sector experience in his administration?

Last edited by geofra; 11-30-2009 at 06:56 PM.. Reason: Clarify the question
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Old 11-30-2009, 06:57 PM
 
Location: Here
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How do you expect the government to "help create jobs" in the public sector if no one has experience doing so?

How do you expect them to understand the ramifications of bills, taxes, legislation, mandates, cap/trade, or even the healthcare changes?
Saggy will be here shortly to break it down for us.
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Old 11-30-2009, 06:58 PM
 
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Saggy will be here shortly to break it down for us.
Oooh goody, I cant wait to see the spinning on this one
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Old 11-30-2009, 07:04 PM
 
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So, you're saying that people hired to run a government have a lot of experience running ... governments?

I'm missing your point.
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