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In reply to the discussion: So is every complaint about Obama wrong? Or some people just don't like to hear them? [View all]tpsbmam
(3,927 posts)"people here don't know what a Treasury Sec does for example." Bull-fucking-shit! There are innumerable well-educated, very politically savvy people on DU. YOU don't hold that sole position here! Just because people disagree with you, it doesn't mean they don't understand how the government works. Get off your damn high horse.
And FYI, Treasury Secretaries are NOT just bean counters.....if you think that Baker, Paulson, Geithner and many others haven't influenced policy, you're dead wrong. Yes, there were some whose influence was minimal but others have had a substantial impact. Just because it's Congress that has the ultimate control of the pursestrings, you don't think that the Treasury Secretary has any influence on policy. Ha!