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In reply to the discussion: Guess who came to the white house today? [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)60. Here is the news story on this meeting:
"President Barack Obama stressed the need to revive the economy and reform immigration and fiscal policy during a meeting on Thursday with some of the world's most powerful bankers.
The White House had set the agenda for the meeting, a source familiar with the situation said, and the ongoing reform of Wall Street - a hot issue for bank lobbyists - did not appear prominently on the list of topics.
"The president discussed with the business leaders the need to work together on a number of important issues affecting business confidence, economic growth and job creation," a White House official said in an emailed statement.
The bankers were all members of the Financial Services Forum, which was holding its day-long spring meeting, according to the White House official. The Forum, a prominent bank lobby, said the dialogue had been "constructive."
The White House had set the agenda for the meeting, a source familiar with the situation said, and the ongoing reform of Wall Street - a hot issue for bank lobbyists - did not appear prominently on the list of topics.
"The president discussed with the business leaders the need to work together on a number of important issues affecting business confidence, economic growth and job creation," a White House official said in an emailed statement.
The bankers were all members of the Financial Services Forum, which was holding its day-long spring meeting, according to the White House official. The Forum, a prominent bank lobby, said the dialogue had been "constructive."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/11/us-obama-banks-idUSBRE93A0Z620130411
"emailed statement"...THAT is what passes for reporting nowdays?? Printing emailed news from the WH?
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And, this meeting is not being televised to the people...because of "Transparency in Government"?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2013
#1
Well Silly you.... He can't be very transparent about colluding to finish siphoning what little
winterpark
Apr 2013
#34
Nor pronounce. lol. Meanwhile schoolchildren go without lunch while the contractors hired to feed
Erose999
Apr 2013
#40
I'm sure there a lotta "attaboys" flying around. "Great job with that SS thing Mr. President."
Armstead
Apr 2013
#9
Let's bang the drum about North Korea, so we don't see that we are being consumed
adigal
Apr 2013
#13
Oh, come on!!! If a real Liberal runs everyone says they have no chance.
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#41
Oh "come on" my ass....You can't change the status quo by doing the same things over & over
whathehell
Apr 2013
#47
Exactly. Look at what the people who decide did to him, going so far as to photoshop him out of the
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2013
#62
He needs to discuss finance with a minimum wage worker, a college graduate who can't find anything
Lydia Leftcoast
Apr 2013
#37
That doesn't sound good. But then, it depends on the purpose of the mtg & what is said.
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#58
Reminds me of the time Cheney had the oil execs come in to look at some maps of Iraq
kenny blankenship
Apr 2013
#67