Re: The Bird-Watching Businessman
On Jun 1, 2006, at 1:46 AM, Steven L. Robinson wrote:
Yes, Treasury Secretary designee Henry Paulson, Jr. is a
supporter of the Nature Conservancy. That, predictably, draws the ire of the
Republican right wing and produces human interest headlines such as this piece by
the Los Angeles Times. Less noticed is the fact that he comes from Goldman- Sachs and even less noticed is the fact that he comes from the same firm
that produced Clinton Treasury Secretary and prominent New Dem Robert
Rubin. It is hard to imagine that Paulson is going to pursue economic
policies much at odds with his former colleague- and boss- Rubin.
Eh? Everything I’ve read about him notes prominently that he’s with
Goldman Sachs (no hyphen, by the way). That was presumably the reason
Bush chose him - to win some credibility with The Establishment after
two TreasSecs who were dim industrialists. His conservationist
tendencies have been noted as a quirk, not as his essence. And he’s
not likely to pursue the same policies as Rubin - he’s to the right
of old Bob on fiscal and social issues. All GS people aren’t the same
- look at Corzine, who’s one of the most liberal figures in American
political life.
Doug