MODEST PROPOSAL: SWITCH Ed Secretary Arne Duncan & Treasury Sec Geithner

[yurbud]

Geithner would go to Department of Ed and Duncan would go to Treasury.

That way, teachers would get millions in bonus and get to write their own rules for reform under Geithner, and Duncan would fire everyone on Wall Street and replace them with contractors who get paid a fraction as much as the current execs and be constantly tested and critiqued by everyone regardless of their knowledge of finance and economics, and subject them to future mass firings without recourse.

[lamp_shade]

1. I think they're both doing outstanding jobs right where they are.

[ananda]

2. LOL

Yeah, outstanding for the criminals that are running
this country and its economy in the ground.

[Go2Peace]

5. ha haha, haha, hahahaha

They are doing a great job whispering in Obama's ears and then running their offices like Republicans.

[nyc 4 Biden]

13. you forgot the :sarcasm: thingy.

they are the absolute worst picks he could have made for each of their respective cabinet positions.

[Dr.Phool]

3. Brilliant!

I see the unrec brigade has already sniffed you out.

[yurbud]

6. they're very vigilant--they're paid to be.

[Bobbie Jo]

8. Unrec.

Check please. :tinfoilhat: :wtf:

I just unrec'ed because I didn't think this OP belonged on the "greatest" page...and I still don't.


So....where do I sign up to collect?

[yurbud]

11. google ''pay to post'' and you'll see your future employers.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

4. K&R

Great idea!

[IndianaGreen]

7. How about getting rid of both of them! n/t

[Arkana]

9. Arne Duncan didn't fire those teachers in RI, just fyi.

I'm not defending him, but your analogy for his part doesn't work.

[yurbud]

10. he used the same tactic in Chicago and later admitted it didn't work.

It's clearly part of the subtext of the education ''reform'' agenda--union busting.

[Jakes Progress]

12. Two terrible, terrible choices.

Both pander to the corporate agenda. republicans could never get away with what they are doing.

[yurbud]

14. actually, they would, but at least people would have voted for them to do it.