‘This Week’ Exclusives: Timothy Geithner and Alan Greenspan

The economy is waiting for disaster to happen. As long as government officials are not honest the people will never what is going on in Washington!

What I cannot understand is how Timothy Geithner, who did not pay his fair share of taxes like the rest of the good citizens of the United States, can still remain in his elected position.

Fox guarding the henhouse Geithner who gave unbelievably large amounts of money to Wall Street, banks, and credit card companies without restrictions or oversight which led to them immediately giving out huge bonuses and more or less gave the rest of the country the bird is going to be on tv while according to the news, Wall Street, the banks and credit card companies have decided they didn’t get big enough bonuses the first time and are setting up for another round of giveaways and pocket lining? That Geither?
My grandpa had an expression for people like him; “More crooked than a dog’s hind leg.”

What I cannot understand is how Timothy Geithner …. Philip Tax >>>> WORSE all these high end Federal Reserve guys are from Goldman Sachs.

It’s fantastic to watch a biased media try to make people believe all is well in the economy and that Obama deserves all the credit.
Most Americans aren’t that stupid.
Yesterday and today and probably tomorrow, Obama and the media will try to take “credit for the great Recession of the second Quarter which came in at -1.0%.
The stimulus gave us -1.0% GDP. Really.
If that’s the case, the do we get to say the stimulus caused 1,500,000 jobs to be lost in April May and June and saw Unemployment skyrocket to 9.5%.
It turns out that a revision in GDP in the first quarter from -5.5% to -6.4% caused the -1.0% number we had yesterday.
If the first quarter numbers had not been so awful, GDP would have been -1.9%, which would have been worse than the expected -1.5%.
Here’s the bottom line:
Many people in my family are out of work. They had jobs in 2008. they were let go in 2009.
I am the only one left standing in immediate family and my employer has cut 20% (50 people) this year and plans more cuts going forward.
I have not worked one hour of overtime this year. Last year, I averaged 2.5 hours of overtime per day. I also worked weekends. This year that money is gone.
Property Taxes went up 30% here this year.
The Train Pass went up 15% this year.
We have less money, less work and everything is getting more expense.
I am spending my money on the bare essentials for the house and food. Trying to stretch out every dollar in ways I never had to before Obama became President.
This President is destroying the private sector and only when it looks like his policies will fail to become law, does the stock market come back.
JULY WAS OBAMA’S WORST MONTH OF POLLING.
JULY WAS THE STOCK MARKET’S BEST MONTH IN 20 YEARS.
THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. IT IS CAUSE AND EFFECT.
AS OBAMA FAILS TO MAKE SOCIALISM LAW, AMERICA WILL REBOUND.
Yet, employers know better and in the coming months, more will suffer job losses due to Obama’s failed stimulus and his push for other socialism.
On August 7th, we get jobs numbers. My employer let go 14 people this month. I wonder if Obama and the media will take credit for that too.

While getting all viewpoints is a worthy goal, there is a substantial amount of difference between the great conservative minds of Peggy Noonan, George Will, Matthew Dowd and the lowbrow venom and bile of Michelle Malkin. She does not deserve to be elevated to the level of a member of the Roundtable. It is an unfortunate choice on your part and your producers part. She does not elevate the debate, she merely spews an opinion, not an informed opinion.

That’s Josh Marshall. Wish there was an edit feature.

dear george, i was watching an interview with greenspan a few weeks ago, and the last comment he made was “it doesn’t work”. what doesn’t work, and why haven’t we fixed it? and for geihtner, why did we and why are we still rewarding wall street for thievery and failure? this is the main reason for high unemployment and other big problems in our great country. sincerely,r.d.h.

Unemployment has jumped from 7% to over 10% from coast to coast on Obama’s watch and the liberal media is trying to convince everyone that everything is just peachy.
If the media was not creating cover for the incompetence of Obama his job approval would be at 40% rather than 50%.
Consumer spending accounts for 2/3 of GDP and it plummeted in the 2nd Quarter.
I’d like to purchase lots of things, but every time I think of buying something I have two reasons I don’t.
First, I could lose my job at any moment and need to save my money.
Second, I don’t feel like helping Obama bankrupt the country and destroy America. I’ll sit on my spare cash until he’s voted out of office in 2012.

Would everyone PLEASE realize that finally we have a President who cares about ALL Americans…even the middle class. This time now, is OUR opportunity as Americans, not Dems or Repubs, to remake America into a better working machine in which to live. We can insure everyone! YES we CAN, if the Repubs in Congress will roll up their sleeves and get to work as their constituants elected them to do. Dems. in turn, should support the Democratic platform and work together to get things done, even without the Repubs., or else WE will LOSE The Congress and Administration back to the “Just pay me to get reelected oh ye mighty insurance companies, and pharmaceutical companies, and oil companies!!!!! Isn’t THAT what we had for the last 8 years? Why in the world would we want more of that? Let’s make changes and provide health coverage to everyone. Let’s have more controller’s watching Wall Street and every area of commerce, so that we can be more assured that mismanagement has penalties! Let’s change healthcare and provide care to everyone, so that money goes to healing and not to healthcare lobbyists! Let’s hold our Congressmen accountable when they make remarks as “Healthcare will be Obama’s Waterloo” or if we can mislead the public, we can stall and stall and stall until all of Obama’s initiatives will lose steam and we can say “The Democrats could NOT get it done!” We know how is hindering progress in this country…”The Liers and the Lies the Liers tell.” Quit playing politics and do good governence as our forefathers did. Quit the hating, the finger-pointing, the blaming……and work together in the bipartisan way or else, we are indeed headed toward tyranny like so many of the world’s other splitting nations. We will all remember how the Republicans blocked good, sensible, governing. That is why they are not in charge now, and if they continue in this bipartisan war, they will NOT be in power for quite some time to follow. It is truthful to say, that Obama has thought more, read more, done more, shared more and worke more for the welfare of each one of us as Americans, than we have seen in any President in our recent history. Normally, in a society, hard work and achievement are lauded. Have we been so unfamiliar with such things these last eight years, that we have forgotten that God is blessing Americans with a good President. May He now bless us with a good Congress as well. Please God, please!

I consider you to be a serious journalist… At least I did until I saw that you’re inviting Michelle Malkin on your program? You’re kidding… right. She is not thoughtful, she is not capable of having any type of objective honest dialougue with anyone. She has agendas and right wing talking points to push and seriously brings the quality of your program down. I seriously can’t believe your are having her on your show. Why would you ever debase yourself in such a way. Such a disappointment.

Not sure where all the hate is coming from for Michelle Malkin. She’s a former journalist, a nationally syndicated columnist, a writer of best-selling books.
Have you even read her columns or blog posts?
As for me, I’m looking forward to a good debate tomorrow. Michelle won’t let any garbage past….

So many hate-Michelle Malkin posts… Since when is speaking the truth hateful? I know the saying ‘sometimes the truth hurts’ is true, but so is ‘the truth will set you free’. Maybe many here should listen to what Michelle Malkin actually says. Maybe then they might realize we are not going to be free much longer if this administration continues to have its way.

Amazing how such first amendment, free speech loving liberals cannot even listen to a conservative like Ms. Malkin. They go right to name-calling as they cannot debate the facts. It is so depressing we cannot just listen to intellectual “heavy weights”, like Arianna Huffington and Maureen Dowd, drone on an on about how great our socialist president is doing.

George when are you going to catch these politicians and pundits use misleading talking points by exposing that to force them to tell the truth. I see this all the time and many times you let them get away with it..

For the past few weeks we have been bombarded by really far-out right-wingers trying to convince the nation that our president isn’t a natural-born citizen. They have been given far too much publicity, but, perhaps, exposing them will show off a hidden racism that seems to be implied in this movement.I was really surprised to see that Rachel Malkin will be on the “Green Room” part of your show. Giving her credibility by putting her on is an insult to your audience. She is of the same ilk as the birthers with her irresponsible hate-mongering. But perhaps you’re putting her on you to expose her for being on the far right fringe of the Republican party. The poor Republicans. Can’t you find a rational, respected Republican to give his/her view?

You should be embarrassed and ashamed for booking MIchelle Malkin. She is one of the most intellectually dishonest and hateful people in punditry. Have you spent any time looking into the venom she has written over the years?
Pandering the the far-right fringe for ratings.
Truly pathetic.
Cronkite is shaking his head in amazement somewhere…

Can we start the discussion of national health care with one small change of requiring all members of Congress to forfeit the extraordinary health benefits they currently enjoy and be required to participate in whatever program they vote into existence? Then apply the same logic to adjusting SSI. Then we will all benefit equally.

I’ve been on unemployment for 19 weeks. I’m a skilled professional with 18 years experience in office administration. I’ve applied to an average of 7 jobs a week, including service jobs. Because I’m ready to take anything, I’ve been told I’m overqualified or I am facing thousands of other applicants in competing for one job. I’ve NEVER taken any assistance from the government and have been a member of the job force since I was 14. If that idiot Malkin thinks I’m just sitting here, raking in the gravy she’s gotta get her head out of her butt. I don’t want to collect unemployment, I HAVE to. Employers are still laying off and not hiring in order to improve the bottom line. That’s why the numbers are starting to look better. The unemployment is still stagnant. I’d like to see an incentive program for employees to hire workers much like the clunkers program. Give employers an incentive for hiring people who are on unemployment. Stop feeding us and give us a means to feed ourselves.

“I’d like to see an incentive program for employees to hire workers much like the clunkers program. Give employers an incentive for hiring people who are on unemployment. Stop feeding us and give us a means to feed ourselves.”
Nice point Sara. Part of the TARP agreement is that those companies, that have taken it, freeze employment. It should have been the opposite, continue employment of skilled workers along with freezing big bonuses and capping CEO pay. Hopefully the millions give to those execs would trickle to new employees or to retain their present staff.

It was a good idea for you to have a “conservative” on board. It was a terrible idea that Malkin is that face. Not only was she not taken seriously and ignored by your other three guests, she did her credibility absolutely no good by appearing so vitriolic. When the facts and numbers can speak for themselves, just back off and be magnanimous. Conservatives will never recover from the last 30 years until they learn to respect the intelligence of Americans and be able to hear the incredible vacuousness of their spin. With the bar set so low by Bush for intelligence and Cheney for honesty, Democrats would do themselves a huge favor by not measuring themselves by this ineptitude.

Michelle Malkin sure seemed nervous to be sitting at the grown-ups’ table. It’s a lot different than the “you-go-girl” atmosphere she’s used to when she’s spouting her hateful nonsense on Fox News (where she belongs).

@Salaban1
In what universe did Michelle Malkin ever restrain from criticizing Obama? You know the myth of a “liberal media” is hanging by a thread when right-wing commenters are accusing extremely conservative bloggers of having a left-wing bias. Crazy.

Glad to see that I wasn’t the only one seeing that MM was out of her league at the roundtable. That was the embodiment of a ‘not-ready-for-primetime-player’ performance.

George:
Where did you get this Michelle Malkin? Is she crazy? I was really insulted by her comment that: all people on unemployment don’t bother looking for jobs and are just looking for a government hand out. I’ve been unemployed for 17 months and in that time have applied for 350 jobs. There are just no jobs out there, unless you are willing to work for minimum wage. When I have gone on interviews, the employer tells you right off the bat that you were one of 500 or 1000 or 1500 that applied for the same job. Then, knowing you are fully qualified for the job, because they have your resume in front of them, they ask you what you are expecting to make. When you tell them, they then say the job pays around $10 per hr. When you made twice that on your last job, and your unemployment pays more then that, how are you supposed to survive? Does Michelle Malkin have an answer for that? The last interview I went on was an entry level job. It was not listed on the job posting, they waited until they got you there to tell you that. I have over 30 years experience in one field and over 9 in another. I will not work for $9/hr. My son makes more then that as a line cook with no experience in a restaurant. I have looked for work all over the country. I live in a suburb of Detroit. I am one check away from loosing my house, van and everything I own. So tell your friend Michelle that not all of us are not just sitting around collecting our “government hand out”.

Michelle Malkin? Is this a joke or Fox News? Is there a difference between the two? I will never watch This Week again. Shame on you, George Stephanopoulos.

Thanks for having Michelle Malkin. What a fresh change. Adds a little edge to a normally dull program.

I am astonished that anyone could suggest that Americans on unemployment simply wait until 3 weeks before their benefits expire to look for a job! Moreover to deduce that unemployment would end if there were no unemployment benefits is absurd. I can only hope that Ms. Malkin becomes unemployed soon.

I typically enjoy the round table and hearing intelligent people from the right & left debate but Michelle Malkin…the fact that you would legitimize her with a place at the table is disappointing

Michelle Malkin???? What were you thinking George?

George W. campaigned on change. He was going to “change the tone in Washington” remember that? He just forgot to tell you he was going to make it worse.
He was the “MBA president”. He was going to run the country like a business. Except that all his businesses were failures. He did what he always does, leave a HUGE MESS for someone else to clean up.
The present economy is Bush’s legacy. It’s going to take years to recover.

Michelle Malkin really stunk. Why have some one on who is only plugging their book? If thats what This Week is becoming I’ll skip next week.

Michelle Malkin is 100% correct. Why do the other people on the on the panal make jabs then changes the subject. On this Gates deal, leave it to the black person on the panal take the black persons side. She even admits that Gates acted like an idot. Why couldn’t she say Gates should have cooperated with the police. I guess we need to ask when someone calls 911 are they black. If so do send out the police because that would be racial profiling. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

The truth? I am living it. I am offended at anyone who believes that “there is a lack of incentive to get off of unemployment”. How about earning enough money to stay in my home, keep my eldest son in college this year, feed my family, pay my bills, how about buy clothing & back to school supplies for all 3 of my children. My husband lost his job mid May (while we were waiting for biopsy results to see if I had cancer.) . He worked for 15yrs as an Art Director for the same company.
Since then, fortunately I do not have cancer – but I did have a precancer condition that required surgery.
I thank God everyday that Barak Obama is my President and that as a result of the Economic Recovery & Reinvestment Act that unemployment benefits have been extended and new COBRA stipulations are in place. I work at a small family owned business & do not have benefits available to me.
Here’s how the COBRA benefits work for us: Under the old rules to keep my families medical benefits in place We would have to pay $619.00. We now pay $216.93 this also cover dental & vision) which we can afford between my small salary & unemployment. I believe that the difference is paid by husbands former employer.
While is getting us by now we realize that this will not last forever. It’s a bandaid.
He is looking hard for a full time position – but there are no jobs.In the meantime; we have incorporated to start are own business. But it will take time to develope enough business to support ourselves & aford to get our helth care.

If you have ever heard Malkin on Fox, and you can defend her here, I give up. Unfreakin’believable. Fox news has no cred, and neither does she. Anyone defending her is either a Freeper or has never seen her on Fox. Defending Michelle Malkin is not the same as defending free speech, unless it is the same as saying Hitler had a right to free speech. She is responsible for inciting so much vitriol and hatred. Trying to wrap my head around George’s decision to have her on the show. It literally made me queasy.

Why the hell do the major networks give credence to nut case right wingers. Malkin is a racist, a liar and an embarrassment to have on any round table.
YUK. Corporate media is really afraid of the people waking up and getting over the plutocratic society they want to keep.
Stephanopolous is a HUGE disappointment. I cannot believe he would allow the likes of Malkin on his show. Who’s next? Glen Beck? Rush Limbaugh? These people are hate mongers. They should not be given any credence.

Major cudos to poster Jim Bloom. He is absolutely correct and his post deserves to be repeated here:
“While getting all viewpoints is a worthy goal, there is a substantial amount of difference between the great conservative minds of Peggy Noonan, George Will, Matthew Dowd and the lowbrow venom and bile of Michelle Malkin. She does not deserve to be elevated to the level of a member of the Roundtable. It is an unfortunate choice on your part and your producers part. She does not elevate the debate, she merely spews an opinion, not an informed opinion.”

Don’t normally like Michelle Malkin but her point on Obama in has involvement in the Gates issue is right on!! He was wrong to rush to judgement on the police and it was not a racial profiling case. My feeling Gates had a extreme Napoleon complex and was not co-operating with the PO-leece!

Malkin is the only panelist who made any impression. Boy, she is one well informed person.

Michelle Malkin is right on the money 100%!!!
THANK YOU GEORGE FOR HAVING MICHELLE MALKIN ON. I AGREE WITH HER STATEMENTS ON THE SHOW AND THINK SHE’S AWESOME.
YOU GO MICHELLE! You’re very insightful and I’m glad to have found you on The Today Show and now on This Week with Geroge S. Please keep it up!!!

GREAT JOB MICHELLE!! She delivers a thoughtful perspective and is an incredibly well-spoken guest. As for Cynthia, she is a predjudice black women who illustrates why racism is alive and well in Atlanta!! I am sick and tired of RACE being used as an excuse for behaving badly.

Hooray for George for including a responsible voice with Michelle Malkin. I guess the ratings are starting to show that in order to get paying viewers you need to include their voice. Regarding Gates Cynthia Tucker is not as informed as Michelle. The teachable moment is certainly the racial insults being thrust at the person who called 911 to report the break in and the black police officer who stood up for Crowley. The 911 caller never told the operator the race of the breaking in person. The black person was present and agreed Crowley was correct in his actions. Cynthia is stupid for calling Crowley stupid. Way to go Michelle

The ire of the socialist listeners has arisen to a ear shattering cresendo.
Michelle Malkin speaks the truth , dont be alarmed socialist your Muppet Ruler has control of the Law Passing arm of the Government and with this he will make his own version of a USA that he sees as his own.
32 Czars in place, all the elected officials jobs are now is to pass the Obama agenda and that seems to be working for him so far.
What did PT Barnum say?

“This Week” usually has its share of conservative and liberal viewpoints. Most guests are willing to consider problems with their own political party’s approach to current conditions in the country. But Michelle Malkin’comments are always predictable:
Nothing–NOTHING–that Democrats and the current President could ever be good. Less than nine months into Obama’s administration,the release of her new book says it all. She is prejudges and interprets anything Democrats do as wrong. She belongs on O’Reilly’s or Limbaugh’s show, not with Stephanopoulos

Obviously you all must have selective hearing. Michelle stated that a person on the Clinton Administration made the remarks about unemployment. She only repeated the remarks on TV and George quickly tried to suppress the reference to a former Socialist President. Now had a Bush admin made a remark it would have been allowed with fervor. Wake up muppets .

Why are you giving Michelle Malkin any credibility by putting her on your show. She is full of hatred and wouldn’t know the truth if it smacked her in the face. She has her own agenda and can not carry on any meaningful discussion. Having her on your show demeans it! This is such an insult!

I think there are intelligent conservatives out there who could offer a more reasoned viewpoint. Michelle Malkin is more in the Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh category of fire-thrower and sensationalist.

Thanks for including a sound conservative voice. Reading the posts here, she seems to put the scare in liberals.

I was lamenting the loss of ABC signal since cutting cable and trying the digital antenna and also lost the signal on the radio that I would listen to ABC while driving- but if you are going to have Ms. Malkin as roundtable participant I am happy to no longer have ABC signal- I will be content to watch NBC and CBC weekend shows. The Venom and hate speech propigated by Ms Malkin on her blog and Fox channel is nothing I want to be a part of George. Thanks but no Thanks.

Thanks Joe Ray for your post telling the truth and saying it with eloquence. I agree wholeheartedly with you. Those that disagree are not basing their opinions on fact, only HATE. Thanks again.

Michelle Malkin is a right wing liar – she probably doesn’t even believe or understand half the things she says – and the likes of here are a HAZARD to this country.
NOW I INSIST that you put someone on the show who is as far to the left as she is to the right – how about Bill Maher, Michael Moore, Ralph Nader, Dennis Kucinich or Bernie Sanders?
At least they won’t pull their information from their backside, feed us $#!t and lie to us the way the Malkins, Hannity’s, O’Reallys?, Becks, Crowleys, Levins, Limbaughs and Savages will.
Disgusting on your part ABC – you KNOW she full of $#!t – shame on you for allowing her idiocy to possibly contaminate and poison even one more mind in this country.

ABC News is officially not news anymore.
Whose idea was it to book right-wing crackpot MICHELLE MALKIN?
A low-grade, “B”-level Ann Coulter like Malkin might fly with a FOX viewer, but ABC is supposed to be a REAL news source.
Not anymore.

Joe Ray, you probably agree with those who think actually reading the bills they vote for is a waste of time. Zell Miller was right…

Greenspan is bound to be right once in a while. Barney Frank, Bill Clinton and Alan Greenspan are three of the prominent culprits behind the bubble that led to the collapse. Greenspan played a central role. As head of the Fed he kept credit too loose (and interest rates too low) for very long periods of time. This allowed, borrowers of all strips (consumers on credit cards , business doing acquisitions but particularly sub prime home buyers and home speculators) to fuel the gigantic bubble that led to the big collapse taking with it not only the incompetent financial firms but manufactures as well. Now we hear Greenspan touting cheap labor high immigration policies. There is little evidence that has any competence on this subject.

I was really sorry for you during your last weeks round table. I am sure you were trying to be a gentleman, but Micheal Malkin is not just a hate filled bogger, she is not very intelligent. Others corrected her on several comments, but essentially just ignored her. Please don’t have someone as stupid as she is on again.