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June 19, 2013
12:33 • 9 hours ago
brooklynmutt:

Here it is. Secretary Jack Lew’s official signature as it will appear on U.S. currency starting this fall - @USTreasury

I liked the old version better.

brooklynmutt:

Here it is. Secretary Jack Lew’s official signature as it will appear on U.S. currency starting this fall - @USTreasury

I liked the old version better.

February 27, 2013
23:03 • 3 months ago
January 9, 2013
13:13 • 5 months ago
Related to the last post, here’s what Jack Lew’s signature would look like on a dollar bill — something which, as Treasury Secretary, he would sign — according to New York Magazine.

Related to the last post, here’s what Jack Lew’s signature would look like on a dollar bill — something which, as Treasury Secretary, he would sign — according to New York Magazine.

12:35 • 5 months ago
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ohmykevin:

thedailyfeed:

That loop scrawl is what President Obama’s new Chief of Staff Jacob “Jack” Lew calls a signature. A handwriting expert told us that it’s ”among the most uniquely weird we have seen in a quarter century of graphology.” 

I need to work on a fancy signature.

That’s not a signature, that’s a scribble.

Reblogging this because it’s newly relevant due to Obama’s decision to nominate Jack Lew his treasury secretary. For lovers of weird signatures that don’t really tax autopens that much.

shortformblog:

ohmykevin:

thedailyfeed:

That loop scrawl is what President Obama’s new Chief of Staff Jacob “Jack” Lew calls a signature. A handwriting expert told us that it’s ”among the most uniquely weird we have seen in a quarter century of graphology.” 

I need to work on a fancy signature.

That’s not a signature, that’s a scribble.

Reblogging this because it’s newly relevant due to Obama’s decision to nominate Jack Lew his treasury secretary. For lovers of weird signatures that don’t really tax autopens that much.

August 7, 2011
21:37 • 1 year ago
So much for leaving; Timmy Boy Geithner sticking around for a while: While there was word on the street that he was going to depart after the brutal debt ceiling crisis, Obama wanted him to stick around instead. This sounds like an aneurysm waiting to happen. source Follow ShortFormBlog

So much for leaving; Timmy Boy Geithner sticking around for a while: While there was word on the street that he was going to depart after the brutal debt ceiling crisis, Obama wanted him to stick around instead. This sounds like an aneurysm waiting to happen. source

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June 30, 2011
19:00 • 1 year ago
I live for this work. It’s the only thing I’ve ever done. I believe in it. I’m going to be doing it for the forseeable future.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner • Denying the speculation about his possible departure from his post. By the way, has anyone figured out a way to see into next week? We’re not sure if we believe him. That said, he did claim that personal issues were weighing on his mind right now: “I have a family, and my son’s going back to New York to finish high school,” he said. “I’m going to be commuting for a while.” Hope he learns to love Amtrak. source (viafollow)
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18:05 • 1 year ago
Report: Geithner may resign following debt limit deal
Timothy Geithner’s last rodeo? It’s reported that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner may walk away from his post once a deal is reached to raise the U.S. debt limit. Geithner has served in that position since 2009. (Photo by Moritz Hager, courtesy World Economics Forum) source
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Timothy Geithner’s last rodeo? It’s reported that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner may walk away from his post once a deal is reached to raise the U.S. debt limit. Geithner has served in that position since 2009. (Photo by Moritz Hager, courtesy World Economics Forum) source

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February 19, 2011
22:30 • 2 years ago
In our judgment, the continuing opposition…in the House would undermine and damage our capacity to create jobs and expand the economy.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner • Claiming that the GOP’s spending-cut-heavy plan threatens to severely hurt job creation. Geithner’s advice? Strengthen the economic recovery, then focus on deficit-cutting. “I am very confident that the Democrats and the Republicans will come together on a program to not just reduce spending but reduce long-term deficits,” he continued. source (viafollow)
January 1, 2011
21:54 • 2 years ago

See? Treasury secretaries suffer just like the rest of us. You can call Henry Paulson a lot of things, but one thing you can’t call the Bush-era Treasury Secretary is “unaffected by the financial crisis.” See, Paulson’s home just got sold on the D.C. housing market, and it went for far less than he bought it for. Let’s check the numbers already:

  • $4.3M the cost he paid for his home, near the National Cathedral, in 2006 (which is swank, BTW)
  • $4.6M the amount Paulson, no longer a bureaucrat, put the home on the market for in April
  • $3.25M the amount Paulson’s home finally sold for a couple of weeks ago – a $1 million loss source

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October 1, 2010
00:10 • 2 years ago

  • $700 billion the amount TARP cost taxpayers when it first happened two years ago
  • $50 
    billion
    the most TARP will cost taxpayers when all is said and done source

» Says who?: The White House’s Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, suggested that the final bill for TARP could be 7 percent of the original cost – or less, depending on how the markets go. But don’t expect anyone to gloat about this. TARP is political poison.

 

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