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What no one seems to be asking is why was she nominated in the first place? The list of more qualified candidates numbers in the thousands.

JumpCrisscross 5y ago
> list of more qualified candidates There is a vocal section of the Senate that views experience as a disqualifier. Particularly for finance. This might have been a trial balloon. It might have been part of a broader deal that fell through. It might be a red herring.
- splitstud 5y ago
  Maybe that's it, thanks
malandrew 5y ago
Well, this is an administration that has proposed monitoring any transaction $600 or greater, which is a massive departure from the $10,000 limit. A proposal like hers for a government issued bank account falls right into the federal surveillance state insofar as everyone's finances are concerned. There's no better way to erode 4th amendment protections for your finances than a federally issued bank account. It's not an unreasonable slippery slope to imagine that such an account would eventually morph to the point (1) where many or most of your counter parties are using the federal bank account meaning that they know about most of the transactions occurring in private accounts, and (2) where merely using a non federal account they have access to could be maligned as suspicious. There's no direction these proposals head that don't result in more tyranny from a federal government that we have increasingly less representation and oversight over.
joejerryronnie 5y ago
I’ve asked myself this about many Biden appointees. He seems to be using identity politics to select political appointees rather than any sort of experience or qualifications.
- malandrew 5y ago
  I'm unsure why this was downvoted. This is absolutely par for the course these days. Identity is a increasingly a major factor when deciding between candidates for any position both in the public and private sector.

JumpCrisscross 5y ago

> list of more qualified candidates There is a vocal section of the Senate that views experience as a disqualifier. Particularly for finance. This might have been a trial balloon. It might have been part of a broader deal that fell through. It might be a red herring.

splitstud 5y ago
Maybe that's it, thanks

malandrew 5y ago

Well, this is an administration that has proposed monitoring any transaction $600 or greater, which is a massive departure from the $10,000 limit. A proposal like hers for a government issued bank account falls right into the federal surveillance state insofar as everyone's finances are concerned. There's no better way to erode 4th amendment protections for your finances than a federally issued bank account. It's not an unreasonable slippery slope to imagine that such an account would eventually morph to the point (1) where many or most of your counter parties are using the federal bank account meaning that they know about most of the transactions occurring in private accounts, and (2) where merely using a non federal account they have access to could be maligned as suspicious. There's no direction these proposals head that don't result in more tyranny from a federal government that we have increasingly less representation and oversight over.

joejerryronnie 5y ago

I’ve asked myself this about many Biden appointees. He seems to be using identity politics to select political appointees rather than any sort of experience or qualifications.

malandrew 5y ago
I'm unsure why this was downvoted. This is absolutely par for the course these days. Identity is a increasingly a major factor when deciding between candidates for any position both in the public and private sector.