Surely you remember, a couple of years ago, when President Obama’s blithe promise, “If you like your insurance, you can keep it”, was given four Pinocchios, or three enchiladas, or whatever, and labeled and ridiculed as the “Lie of the Year”. Well, I’ve been reading Steven Brill’s book, America’s Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals,…
Tag: Peter Orszag
When it comes to health care, markets do work! They work to make insurers rich!
Peter Orszag is totally not my favorite Democrat. After serving a couple years whispering “Don’t spend! Cut!” in President Obama’s ears, he decamped to Citigroup, or Citigang, or whatever they call themselves these days, presumably to serve as Citi’s DC liaison the next time Sandy Weil’s monument to entrepreneurial incompetence needs a multi-billion dollar government…
Peter Orszag—Greedy and Tone-Deaf, or Greedy and Stupid?
They must love Peter Orszag at the White House. Af few years back, Pete quit his job as director of the Office of Management and Budget to go to work for Citigroup, that banking colossus that perhaps should be referred to as “Citigrope” for violating the public trust in stunningly profitable ways. Now, Pete’s back…
TNR: Batting 111 and leading the league
A week or so back I made fun of the New Republic for running a slideshow on Obama Administration sleaze, when only one out of the nine sleazoids fingered, Peter Orszag, actually appeared to be exploiting his service in office for gross financial gain. Well, TNR may have overreacted, but at least they, you know,…
When Obama officials cash out—a sordid tale, at least 11.1111111111111111111111111111% of the time
The New Republic has a snappy slide show, “Obama Officials Cash Out,” a rogue’s gallery that leads with Peter Orszag, former director of the Office of Management and Budget, now hanging with Citigroup, decidedly not my favorite bank. Orszag probably won’t spend all his time doling out million-dollar bribes to high-end Manhattan pre-schools in order…