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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:20 AM Original message |
What kind of person gives up a private sector, $30 million a year job... |
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liberalpress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. The answer... |
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primative1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. Thats easy ... |
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Mr Rabble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 09:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Right. Im sure he is just patriotic... |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. Maybe because there is much more than $30 million to be made |
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fedupinBushcountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Agree n/t |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. Follow the money |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. Prestige, history books, connections, etc. |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. If he made 30,000,000 |
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keta11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
7. Last time I read he owns $1 billion in Goldman Sachs stock |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
9. Is it possible that the 'barons' arranged this nomination? Does he |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
10. He took home $38 million |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. A chance to be at the helm of the world's largest economy? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
12. My guess is... |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Well put, and exactly what I was thinking n/t |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
13. After making "X" amount of money it's................... |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
14. To be fair, if someone we liked was the president and he |
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keta11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The strange thing was during the lead up to the |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 09:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. That I did not know -- |
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keta11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 09:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It was just so incongrous seeing him regularly |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 10:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Like Bob Rubin - who left Goldman Sachs to be Clinton's Treasury Sec |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 01:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. It does permeate everything, doesn't it? |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
15. because he already has more money than he can spend? |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
20. Actually NPR had a piece on this this very morning. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
22. Power is a much better orgasm |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
23. access and influence . . . to help him (and GS) in the future . . . n/t |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
25. why would he continue to need a $30million a year job? |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
26. Exactly-what's in it for him?! |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-31-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
28. I think it goes deeper than the surface... |
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