http://www.investmentu.com/2009/January/letter-to-barack-obama.html Investment Advice and Investment Research with a Contrarian Point of View Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:06:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.investmentu.com/2009/January/letter-to-barack-obama.html#comment-1263 Walter W. Lamb Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:56:30 +0000 http://www.investmentu.com/IUEL/2009/January/letter-to-barack-obama.html#comment-1263 Speed , not brainpower , seems to be the order of the day. RE appointment of Gaitner: The approval by the senate will be a reflection of the Senate's integrity as a body. If we, as a nation, have no one else capable, with integrity, to function as Treasurer of the United States, then we deserve every difficult financial moment coming down the expected bumpy road. Without integrity, we can expect more of the same lack of leadership. Without deliberation, focusing only on speed, one does not need to look very far to see the ineffectiveness of such a tact. Speed is not the answer; brainpower applied is. Speed , not brainpower , seems to be the order of the day. RE appointment of Gaitner: The approval by the senate will be a reflection of the Senate’s integrity as a body. If we, as a nation, have no one else capable, with integrity, to function as Treasurer of the United States, then we deserve every difficult financial moment coming down the expected bumpy road. Without integrity, we can expect more of the same lack of leadership. Without deliberation, focusing only on speed, one does not need to look very far to see the ineffectiveness of such a tact. Speed is not the answer; brainpower applied is.

]]> http://www.investmentu.com/2009/January/letter-to-barack-obama.html#comment-1259 Raymond Reiss Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:08:04 +0000 http://www.investmentu.com/IUEL/2009/January/letter-to-barack-obama.html#comment-1259 This proposal if enacted would be subject to all kinds of bad influence from those who they would regulate. A simple constitutional law that says anyone breeching the public trust would be flogged or canned in public and have their net worth seized and given to the public would be more effective. This proposal if enacted would be subject to all kinds of bad influence from those who they would regulate. A simple constitutional law that says anyone breeching the public trust would be flogged or canned in public and have their net worth seized and given to the public would be more effective.

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