De Blasio Appoints Goldman Sachs Exec To Deputy Mayor Post For 'Fighting Inequality'
Source: Talking Points Memo
New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio tapped Goldman Sachs executive Alicia Glen as his Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development on Monday, the New York Times reported.
In a news conference announcing her appointment, de Blasio referred to Glen as a a strong and forceful champion for fighting inequality, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/de-blasio-appoints-goldman-sachs-exec-to-deputy-mayor-post-for-fighting-inequality
I voted for DeBlasio twice this year, but how is this different than what the Obama administration has done?
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)He's not an ideological revolutionary.
TheSarcastinator
(854 posts)So hiring someone from GS to fight "inequality" is now "living in the real world"? LOL. Thanks for your input.
No wonder social progress is failing to advance and income inequality is skyrocketing: with "realistic friends" like you, we all should just give up now and be more "reasonable".
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)You will never, ever see an anti-Wall Street mayor elected in NYC.
Also note that DeBlasio created this position--certainly didn't exist under Mayor .00001%.
Indi Guy
(3,992 posts)Bush Sr. employed the phrase "compassionate conservatism" while he continued to allow the Wall St. Jackals to satisfy their blood-lust at the expense of the 99%.
I could be wrong but this has the earmarks of "lipstick meet pig."
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Going to war with Wall Street would be bad for the citizens of New York city and New York state.
Taxes on Wall Street were 8.5% of NYC's revenue and 16% of New York State revenue.
Going to war is exactly what he should be doing. I still vividly remember Wall Streeters drinking champagne and sneering down at Occupy protesters below their vaunted aristocratic ramparts. Sneering at the peasants.
I can almost bet you're all for $hillary Clinton too. And Chuck 'going down on Wall St.' Schumer.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)affect your family and neighbors?
Very easy to be brave with other people's well-being on the line.
Occupy Wall Street didn't elect Bill DiBlasio. The working class and poor did, not a bunch of 20-somethings from privileged backgrounds hanging out in a park.
Indi Guy
(3,992 posts)You sound remarkably like Nixon's VP Spiro Agnew who referred to the Vietnam War's student dissenters/protesters as, "...an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals."
What faction of what party do you belong to again?
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)work in NYC.
Banging drums won't fund schools or provide affordable housing.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)sock puppet.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Indi Guy
(3,992 posts)...Looking forward to more of your input.
radhika
(1,008 posts)diabeticman
(3,121 posts)Wilms
(26,795 posts)She doesn't appear to be in that $200,000 per speech wing of Goldman affiliates.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)She may very well be qualified for doing what she's doing, but if anyone was expecting DeBlasio to take on Wall Street, those dreams just dissipated.
Wilms
(26,795 posts)...but that's typical geek-speak.
It's protected, of course. But it is what it is.
Proud Public Servant
(2,097 posts)"Unacceptable!" cries DU.
FDR could not be reached for comment.
Freddie Stubbs
(29,853 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)and "When you have them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow." - 2 Jude 5:16 - But frankly we will have to wait and see. I'm willing to give De Blasio a chance to prove himself.