HELP WANTED: Brave Congressman to file bill prohibiting Geithner from working on Wall Street

[Atman]

Just sayin'. Dude can resign tomorrow, but he'll be behind the desk at Goldman Sachs in hours, reaping the billions he has sown as Treasury Rapist -- er, Secretary. He'll get the very-expensive last laugh on all of us. Unless he can somehow be stopped.

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[booley]

1. Ok but...

I thought bills couldn't single out individuals or organizations.

That's why the bill for Schiavo and Acorn wouldn't fly.

[Atman]

2. Yeah, you're right.

But it could be worded without signaling out Geithner.

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[AllentownJake]

3. No Treasury Secretary can accept a job in a firm he was responsible for regulating

for 5 years after leaving office, only problem is he could argue that he is grandfathered since he took the job after the law came into effect.

[amandabeech]

4. If he is not grandfathered, I expect that he'll make plenty of money .

He'll get a full professorship at the top of the pay scale at one of the top schools.

He'll write a book or two.

He may be able to consult.

And he'll give lots and lots of speeches sponsored by money laundering non-profits.

He can chill out and do his own thing for five years before he gets to be a board member at Goldman for as long as he wants the job.

Or he'll be installed at the IMF or World Bank.

[BR_Parkway]

5. Be easier to slap a tax on income about $XXX at about 95% rate

would be more fair in many ways, including paying us back for the money they stole to reap in their 'bonuses'

[democracy1st]

6. these idiots played Pres Obama for a fool!

[invictus]

7. K&R

[ddeclue]

8. I don't see how that would be constitutional - it would amount to a bill of attainder.

He would have to commit some sort of actual crime for Congress to do this.

[Atman]

9. Why couldn't it be generic, not specifically directed toward Geithner?

I understand the attainder problem. But if we could think up a way to give away ever last dime in the Treasury without scrutiny, we can find a way to keep this asshole from ever working in the public sector again. As if he'll need to. His mattress should be pretty-well stuffed with cash by now.

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