Wahrscheinlich wegen seiner Berufserfahrung

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner picked a former Goldman Sachs lobbyist as a top aide Tuesday, the same day he announced rules aimed at reducing the role of lobbyists in agency decisions.
Mark Patterson will serve as Geithner’s chief of staff at Treasury, which oversees the government’s $700 billion financial bailout program. Goldman Sachs received $10 billion of that money.
Treasury spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said Patterson “brings significant expertise to the job.”

1. Patterson, who left the investment bank in April, signed the administration’s ethics pledge, which requires him to recuse himself from issues “directly and substantially related to my former employer.”

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-01-27-lobbyist_N.htm?csp=34

Wann werden sie wohl die Guillotine am Times Square aufstellen …