http://www.frumforum.com/tarp-man-in-the-woods Building a conservatism that can win again Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.frumforum.com/tarp-man-in-the-woods/comment-page-1#comment-76220 DFL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:20:58 +0000 http://www.frumforum.com/?p=17480#comment-76220 Maybe he's a James Howard Kuntsler localist at heart and expect, nay hopes, that a depression will encourage a move back to the land and small stakeholdings. Maybe he’s a James Howard Kuntsler localist at heart and expect, nay hopes, that a depression will encourage a move back to the land and small stakeholdings.

]]> http://www.frumforum.com/tarp-man-in-the-woods/comment-page-1#comment-76153 whidbey Island Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:08:30 +0000 http://www.frumforum.com/?p=17480#comment-76153 I just finished reading Sorkins book, "Too Big To Fail". In light of Sorkins references to Kashkari ( pp 90-93, 419-20), I'm not sure I understand how you can conclude " It was crazy that one young banker was ever given the power and responsibility... No wonder he cracked" Wait a minute. He asked Paulson for this responsibility. He actively persued Paulson and not just once but according to Sorkin, multiple times. You make it sound like his arms were twisted to take on this responsibility. That's not true. He was adament, his plan (co written with Phillip Swagel ), should be persued. "This is what we should do, Kashkari told Paulson" pp 419. He was not a victim here. He knew full well what he was proposing and the likely consequences of his efforts. If he indeed "Cracked" as you say, it was more likely the after effect of those horrible days Sorkin writes about rather than his ten page paper "Break The Glass". I just finished reading Sorkins book, “Too Big To Fail”. In light of Sorkins references to Kashkari ( pp 90-93, 419-20), I’m not sure I understand how you can conclude ” It was crazy that one young banker was ever given the power and responsibility… No wonder he cracked” Wait a minute. He asked Paulson for this responsibility. He actively persued Paulson and not just once but according to Sorkin, multiple times. You make it sound like his arms were twisted to take on this responsibility. That’s not true. He was adament, his plan (co written with Phillip Swagel ), should be persued. “This is what we should do, Kashkari told Paulson” pp 419. He was not a victim here. He knew full well what he was proposing and the likely consequences of his efforts. If he indeed “Cracked” as you say, it was more likely the after effect of those horrible days Sorkin writes about rather than his ten page paper “Break The Glass”.

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