Mnuchin Attacks Greta Thunberg, Says She Needs To Study Economics

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Source: Talking Points Memo

By Cristina Cabrera

January 23, 2020 10:53 a.m.

The 17-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg truly seems to be getting under the Trump administration's skin.


On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin took a shot at the teen during a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland after she pleaded with world leaders to stop investing in fossil fuels.

"Is she the chief economist? Who is she? I'm confused," Mnuchin joked.

"After she goes to college and studies economics in college, she can come back and explain that to us," he added.


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First................... Mnuchin your an ass.........................

Second................You made millions .......................kicking human out of there homes.....................during the wall street scam

Third...................Did you by some fucking chance look at how much the taxpayers of this country will be hit with the burden of reinforcing the sea wall at the Naval Base in Norfolk Virginia because of the sea raising......................a 17 year old young adult has figured that out and that cost...............................you fucking idiot, did you fall asleep while attending Harvard.........................



November 3 2020 cannot get here fast enough

[redstatebluegirl]

1. If anyone needs to take an econ class it is Mnuchin.

[lagomorph777]

7. Munchkin could teach a con class.

Oh... econ... never mind.

[rurallib]

27. $1T in debt a year

like that is good for the country?

[BlueIdaho]

2. Pot, Kettle, Black... nt.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. They dont care if their grand-kids die , I guess...wow, imagine 40 million Americans

who are willing to kill their own, entire family if they can "own the libs."

Remarkable.

[cyclonefence]

4. By the time Greta goes to college

there may not be any colleges left on this abused planet.

Mnuchin, you are an asshole.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. I believe that will be next year, so there might still be some left.

[ArizonaLib]

6. Mnuchin is threatened by the young girl

Stay on it Greta!!!

And thanks x 1000!

[truthisfreedom]

8. Mnuchin and the admin need to study climate change.

Go Greta! Drive em nuts!

[Monsieur_Grumpe]

9. What good are economics in a dead world?

[sandensea]

10. No, Munchkin. Money laundering, vulture deals, and fraud aren't "econonomics"

Had you spent even one day in legitimate business, you would know that.

[Kid Berwyn]

24. Exactly.

WSJ:

On a muggy morning in July 2008, hundreds of customers stood outside IndyMac Bank branches in Southern California, trying to pull their savings from the lender, which was doomed by losses on risky mortgages.

Steven Mnuchin didn’t know much about IndyMac as he watched the scenes on CNBC from his Midtown Manhattan office. But he immediately saw an opportunity and began figuring out how to buy the bank.

Regulators seized IndyMac, foreshadowing a vicious banking crisis. Six months later, Mr. Mnuchin and his investment partners acquired IndyMac with a helping hand from the U.S. government. The deal eventually earned him hundreds of millions of dollars in personal profits.

Continues...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/steven-mnuchins-defining-moment-seizing-opportunity-from-the-financial-crisis-1480547063

[marble falls]

11. Coincidentley, so does Mnuchin.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. Maybe Greta understands the concept of a

Customer base and she knows that no economic model will have long term success if you’re killing off or impoverishing your potential customers.

[SunSeeker]

13. They always attack her for her youth, since they can't argue with what she's saying. nt

[Sancho]

14. Being a great ship designer didn't help Thomas Andrews!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Andrews

As the naval architect in charge of the plans for the ocean liner RMS Titanic, he was travelling on board the vessel during her transatlantic maiden voyage in 1912. He perished along with more than 1,500 others when the ship sank after hitting an iceberg. If recovered, his body was never identified.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

15. Science doesn't accommodate economics.

It has to be the other way around.

[Newest Reality]

26. Good Point!

The theory should fit the facts, not the other way around.


Edited for reversal!

[LymphocyteLover]

16. wow, that's sickening but it shows this administration's priorities

Money uber alles, no matter if life itself is at stake

[Sloumeau]

17. I think Mnuchin needs to study economics.

Has he seen the national deficit this year? Has he seen how the National Debt is growing? Does he care? I doubt he cares because I doubt he understands much about economics than "Supply-Side Economics is good!" What a complete fool.

[SpankMe]

18. Greta knows more about economics than Mnuchin knows about science. n/t

[Initech]

19. I'm going to take econ lectures from a Goldman Sachs executive. Right.

[Bradical79]

21. When you can't explain who pays for tariffs...

...maybe you shouldn't be shit talking someone's economics education.

Also, how amazing that a 15/16 year old girl can be such a thorn in the side of these people? They run the most powerful nation on the planet. She's a highschool kid. Incredible.

[Aussie105]

22. She needs to learn about economics?

Perhaps you need to learn about Ecology, dude?

Economics without a population or planet to practice (abuse?) it on, is fairly meaningless.

But it's a deal. She learns about economics, and you learn about ecology. And you might be able to see each other's point of view.

I bet she is a faster learner that you, Munchkin man!

[not_the_one]

23. Way to go, turd's official fart sniffer... let's keep the youngsters involved...

Hopefully they will vote, en masse.

[Buzz cook]

25. Anyone with a sense of fairness

Has a better understanding of economics than Mnuchin.

[badhair77]

28. Maybe you'll save some money now through cutting regulations and ignoring

climate change damage but you’ll spend more fixing it later. So there’s your economics lesson, Stephen.