Geithner Loses It, Florida's Future, Postal Service Woes And More

Thursday, July 19, 2012 Geithner Peppered TARP Inspector General With F-Bombs, Book Says "I never would have imagined that one day one of the most powerful government officials in the world would be dropping f-bombs on me." That's Neil Barofsky's response to being on the receiving end of an epic tantrum by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in the fall of 2009, after Barofsky dared to suggest that Geithner had perhaps not been the most transparent Treasury secretary in the entire history of the country. The Shady Way One College Grew 300 Percent Can Florida Be Saved? Profitable Corporations Heart Low-Wage Employees Half Of American Households Hold 1 Percent Of Wealth Postal Service Poised To Default For The First Time Ever BLOG POSTS Alvin Brown: Stretching $1, Literally, to Set a New Tone for City Government We are in a challenging budget situation, but public-private partnerships like our executive-on-loan program are building a more sturdy foundation for our city's future. Adam Levin: Dodd-Frank and CFPB Provide Stimulus to Economy With Milestone In it first 365 days, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has already done more to protect the American public than this do-nothing Congress has accomplished since it was sworn in back in the dawn of 2011. Steven Kurlander: Washington's Jingoist Reaction to Olympic Uniforms Scandal Fails to Address Lack of U.S.-Made Garments What's embarrassing is not so much that the Lauren uniforms were manufactured by Chinese laborers, but how Washington continues to fail to address the significant issue highlighted by this: our dependence on importing our clothes from overseas. Dave Helfert: Tax Cut, Cold Cuts So, how does the scheduled expiration of Republican tax cuts now become an Obama tax increase? Jeffrey Rubin: Spain's Brutal Cuts Can't Lead to Growth If financially wayward countries such as Greece and Spain are to get back on the path of economic growth, they do have at least one arrow left in the quiver -- leaving the euro.

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