Thursday, December 18, 2008

Baltimore native Gensler is Obama pick for commodities board

I think it is very peculiar that everyone who is getting chosen for these spots, not just the positions for Obama, but for all the presidents have always made their money in the same banks. Goldman Sachs is where our current treasury secretary worked as well. And that man is a crook. Now all of them are crooks I understand that. But why do we as American people have to accept that? Sure it is one of those things where I will do it if you do it first thing. And that's what these corrupt politicians are counting on.

President-elect Barack Obama has selected Baltimore native Gary Gensler to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Gensler, 51, served as a top treasury official in the Clinton administration, and was and adviser to former Democratic Sen. Paul Sarbanes.

He is also former treasurer of the state Democratic Party, and once ran for chairman. During the primaries, he was bundler for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

A graduate of Pikesville Senior High School and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Gensler made millions at Goldman Sachs during the 1990s before becoming heavily involved in politics.

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