Comments on: Rubin: Economy Facing `Extended Difficulties’

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:15:30 +0000

There are no serious words from Citiboy, none.

By: J

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:11:12 +0000

Talk about autistic economics!!

The body language in the recent interviews is stunning. Simply speaking of the situation sends the speaker into self-soothing/rocking. …and these are all interviewees who are well schooled in presentation.

By: tbapple

tbapple — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:40:44 +0000

Think it’s just a coincidence that the new FASB rules for CDS marking is set to take effect Nov 15.

Convenient if you want to spin the resulting market chaos as election related.

Still fooling some of the people most of the time.

By: JustinTheSkeptic

JustinTheSkeptic — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:44:15 +0000

Give me problems like we have today in order to make existence interesting. Please, enough with the pie-in-the-sky theocracy!

By: Randy

Randy — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:28:37 +0000

Actually as a Bible-thumping Christian you would have the joy of knowing that no matter what happens to this economy (and it doesn’t look good) that all things work together for your good because you love God and are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28). Also, you would pray for those individuals that they would hear God’s plan and fulfill His purposes. No man knows who will be in heaven or hell and no Christian should be believing (and hoping) an individual will burn in hell.

By: Sing Expat

Sing Expat — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:45:52 +0000

Guys like Rubin, Paulson, Bush, Rove, Chuck Prince, and Cheney make me wish I were a bible-thumping christian.

That way I would at least have the satisfaction of believing they would all burn in Hell for eternity.

I guess I will have to just make some voodoo dolls or something instead.

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:49:23 +0000

I can tell all that just from his face?? pretty cool huh?

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:46:28 +0000

Bob, People with faces like that have made saying one thing and thinking another a lifetime occupation. They love and respect only their Mothers and Themselves.

By: Tejvan Pettinger

Tejvan Pettinger — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:05:57 +0000

I think the possibility of things getting better are pretty remote. When house prices fall this much, it makes an official recession pretty likely

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:42:30 +0000

We love and respect Secty Rubin, but as one who drawn serious money from Citibank over the past decade, why has it taken him so long to share this financial wisdom? Those of us who owned Citi shares feel ill served by this most revered of former Treasury Secretaries.