Our Secretary of Tax Evasion is in the news again.
Today the AP revealed that Geithner doesn’t give equal access to all of the banks, or even all of the largest banks. Likewise, being one of the biggest, most well-connected investment banks doesn’t get you close to Geithner. Instead, it’s a small select group of financial firms that have Geithner’s ear, at least judging by a review of his phone records.
In civics class, they taught me that I lived in a representative democracy. They lied.
I often fantasize about how I would like to teach civics. I don’t think I could find a syllabus to fit my notion of where we are. My class would not be taught they live in a republic, rather a fascist state run for corps. I would not lie to the children….
I guess my gig would not last long enough to have any impact, but it would be fun while it did.
Nemo, I’ll bet you could teach an even better course in civics, but no one would let you….