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Biden’s Pick For Top Banking Regulator... Thesis On Marxism

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    Biden’s Pick For Top Banking Regulator Refuses To Hand Over Thesis On Marxism

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    Where does he find these people?

    Saule Omarova, President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), is refusing to hand over to the Senate Banking Committee her university thesis on Marxism written during her time in the Soviet Union.

    Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, ranking member of the committee, had sent a letter to Omarova on Oct. 6 asking the Cornell Law School professor to hand over her Moscow State University thesis, titled “Karl Marx’s Economic Analysis and the Theory of Revolution in The Capital,” by Oct. 13, citing the committee’s need to “fully assess the fitness of individuals to serve in Senate-confirmed executive and independent agency positions.”

    Omarova, who grew up in the Soviet Union, had scrubbed mention of the thesis from her resume, the Washington Free Beacon reported. She also praised the now-defunct socialist government for its lack of “gender pay gap” in 2019.

    “What’s shocking to me is the notion that a person nominated for a very high position in our government shouldn’t be accountable for the things they have advocated for in writing themselves,” Toomey said during a committee hearing, adding that he had never “seen a more radical choice for any regulatory spot in our federal government.”

    Omarova is a vocal critic of big banks and Wall Street orthodoxy, calling for a publicly-managed banking system overseen by the Federal Reserve and to end “banking as we know it.” She also opposes cryptocurrencies, calling instead for a central bank digital currency and praising China’s strict crypto regulatory regime.


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    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

  • #2
    Biden most likely didn't nominate her. He probably doesn't even know who she is.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Sparko View Post
      Biden most likely didn't nominate her. He probably doesn't even know who she is.
      Agreed 100%.
      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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      • #4
        If she refuses to fully disclose her credentials then that should disqualify her by default.

        Should, but given the current political climate probably won't.
        Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
        But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
        Than a fool in the eyes of God


        From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
          If she refuses to fully disclose her credentials then that should disqualify her by default.

          Should, but given the current political climate probably won't.
          I'm just hoping that all of this crap will be in the minds of voters when they go to the polls for the midterms.

          As some of you know, during the week, I'm "a minority" at work, both in melatonin and in politics. I'm hearing more and more of my liberal friends coming to the conclusion that America is headed 'fast and furious' down the wrong path.
          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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          • #6
            I remember when the democrats were more "sneaky" with their plans, and took their time implementing them, a little here, a little there. But with this election, it was all speed ahead from the day Biden took office. First thing, he signed a stack of executive orders countermanding everything Trump accomplished, and it's been like that ever since. As if they know they only have a couple of years to destroy the country and want to shove through every single crazy liberal plan all at once. Green New Deal, Build Back Better, etc.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Sparko View Post
              I remember when the democrats were more "sneaky" with their plans, and took their time implementing them, a little here, a little there. But with this election, it was all speed ahead from the day Biden took office. First thing, he signed a stack of executive orders countermanding everything Trump accomplished, and it's been like that ever since. As if they know they only have a couple of years to destroy the country and want to shove through every single crazy liberal plan all at once. Green New Deal, Build Back Better, etc.
              So much for turning up the heat a little at a time so the frog doesn't jump out.

              (and, yes, I'm aware that's not a real life event)
              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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              • #8
                Good pick:


                The Senate will no doubt look carefully at Omarova’s qualifications and record and her indications and commitments as to future intentions. But it should keep in mind, too, the record of those challenging her nomination.

                Oliver Wendell Holmes famously observed that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. Bankers should insist on civil treatment from their regulators, but only after they have demonstrated a willingness to do their part toward collecting taxes.
                “I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.” ― Oscar Wilde
                “And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence” ― Bertrand Russell
                “not all there” - you know who you are

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by firstfloor View Post
                  Good pick:
                  Obvious proof it's a horrible pick.

                  The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                  • #10
                    Obama had a CIA director who was a member of the Communist Party so why should this be any surprise. From what I read of her she is an advocate of a "modernized" form of the old Soviet central planning school of thought.

                    One thing that the communists could never grasp. Centrally planning an economy is even more futile than herding cats while blindfolded. The only thing it accomplishes is stifling it.

                    I'm always still in trouble again

                    "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                    "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                    "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                      Obama had a CIA director who was a member of the Communist Party so why should this be any surprise. From what I read of her she is an advocate of a "modernized" form of the old Soviet central planning school of thought.

                      One thing that the communists could never grasp. Centrally planning an economy is even more futile than herding cats while blindfolded. The only thing it accomplishes is stifling it.
                      If the Republicans have even an ounce of savvy, they'll bring all this up in midterm election campaigns.... we are rushing headlong toward communism, and the Biden administration is greasing the skids. And I doubt Joe is even aware of what's happening.
                      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                      • #12
                        It's pretty obvious that a thesis written by a student at Moscow State University is not going to be critical of Marxism. But just how important is an undergraduate thesis in determining the qualifications of someone with a PhD and a JD, anyway?

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Stoic View Post
                          It's pretty obvious that a thesis written by a student at Moscow State University is not going to be critical of Marxism. But just how important is an undergraduate thesis in determining the qualifications of someone with a PhD and a JD, anyway?
                          I would say it gives insight into their beliefs and standings. After all, would you want a FDA chief who's undergraduate thesis was on how the Nazi medical experiments were ethical and we should do more of the same now?

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by CivilDiscourse View Post

                            I would say it gives insight into their beliefs and standings.
                            Or insight into what would be safe to say, or would yield the greatest approval, at that place and time.

                            After all, would you want a FDA chief who's undergraduate thesis was on how the Nazi medical experiments were ethical and we should do more of the same now?
                            Obviously not. The question, of course, is whether that is at all comparable. The hypothetical FDA chief nominee would not have been an undergraduate in Nazi Germany.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Stoic View Post
                              It's pretty obvious that a thesis written by a student at Moscow State University is not going to be critical of Marxism. But just how important is an undergraduate thesis in determining the qualifications of someone with a PhD and a JD, anyway?
                              As we have seen when a Supreme Court nominee is being examined, or anybody else of consequence, something that was written or done long ago is CRUCIAL to the side opposing the nomination, and insignificant to the side supporting the nominee.
                              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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