Jack Lew, new Treasury chief

[flabbybody]

A Jewish guy from Queens who went to my high school has gotta make a fine Secretary of Treasury. He's Orthodox so maybe he'll shut down the mint on Sabbath. fiscal conservatives would like that.
On a serious note, Jacob has spent his career in government totally committed to preserving the integrity of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. I'm confident all three programs will be more efficient and robust under his stewardship..... sorta the bizarro Paul Ryan.
Once again the President has made a distinguished choice as a puts together his second term team.
A big Mazel tov to Jack Lew. hopefully he'll fix his signature for our dollar bills. he's only got a few weeks til confirmation.

[Stavros]

But would you know his name was Jack Lew by looking at his signature? I have seen some weird ones over the years, but his is, shall we say, a bit loopy...

[Prospero]

Interesting that the key issue in the British Press - as hinted at by Stavros - is the man's weird signature. I agree with Flabby. On the strength of his record thus far he should be a good man for the job.

[flabbybody]

I'm just a little worried about my favorite escort girls accepting payment with this new signature

[fivekatz]

The appointment certainly seems to signal that the President is very focused on the budgetary battles ahead as opposed to considered regulation of the financial markets.

They say Lew is a very tough minded negotiator which is probably good after years of Geithner bending over for Jamie Dimon and the rest of Wall Street robber barons.

But I do wonder if Lew has the in depth knowledge to deal with the opaque world of derivates, which IMHO still threaten to melt the entire world financial system, 2008 after all was not a bail out, it was simply bailing some toxic water out of a ship with many leaks.