“Real Change Isn’t Another Four Years of Defending Lobbyists”

Oct 2003 – Geithner named as president of New York Federal Reserve bank.

Nov 3, 2007 - President-elect Obama gives campaign speech in Spartanburg, S.C. (Source: BarackObama.com).

“I have done more to take on lobbyists than any other candidate in this race – and I’ve won. I don’t take a dime of their money, and when I am President, they won’t find a job in my White House. Because real change isn’t another four years of defending lobbyists who don’t represent real Americans.”

(In Nov., Geithner became chief executive of Citigroup.)

Jan 14, 2009 – President-elect Barack Obama’s pick for Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, failed to pay more than $30,000 in taxes (Boston Globe).

Jan 26, 2009 – Geithner is appointed. Other lobbyists (National Journal) join Obama in Jan.

Feb 10/11, 2009 – Timothy Geithner proposes to create one or more “bad banks” to buy and hold toxic assets, using a mix of taxpayer and private money (Wikipedia).

March 24, 2009 – Rep. Maxine Waters hammers Secretary Geithner about his connections with Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) at a House banking hearing. Other GS ex employees in government: Hank Paulson, Mark Patterson, Bob Rubin, and still counting (CNN YouTube).

July 3, 2009 – Former Assistant Secretary of Treasury, and nationally syndicated columnist for Creators Syndicate, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts said in an interview (YouTube) that Geithner works for Goldman Sachs.

Aug 27, 2009 - Wall Street Journal Deputy Managing Editor Alan Murray interviews Tim Geithner with questions from Digg.com (RonPaul.com). Geithner claims that he was never employed, received any stocks, or payment from GS. However, Geithner has worked closely with employees of GS.

Oct 14, 2009 – Geithner’s closest friends earns millions of dollars a year(Bloomberg).

Oct 29, 2009 – Backdoor bailout to AIG was actually aimed at Goldman Sachs, Societe Generale SA, Deutsche Bank AG , Merrill Lynch, etc. Decisions were made by Feds (then Pres. Geithner), rather than AIG (Bloomberg).

Nov 19, 2009 – NBC Nightly News: Congressional Republicans issued a blistering review of the Obama administration’s economic policies Thursday and suggested Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner should lose his job.