WASHINGTON - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden tapped finance, trade, and banking regulatory experts for his transition team that ranged from core Democrats to progressive activists, reflecting ongoing debate within the party about how to address economic issues from wealth inequality to climate change.
Mehrsa Baradaran, for example, who is working on the Treasury team, has argued the Fed should play a more aggressive role in establishing bank accounts for every family as way to ensure access to the financial system. Another Treasury team pick, Nancy Lee, has written extensively on sustainable development finance and the role of private finance.
The list includes Riley Ohlson, head of federal affairs at the Alliance for American Manufacturing, a domestic industries group spearheaded by the United Steelworkers and Todd Tucker, a Roosevelt Institute scholar.
'expert' is a relative term and his are described as not only activist but 'progressive activist' which means they approach finance, trade and banking with those theories firmly in place not allowing for the possibility they might be wrong! New ideas haven't always worked out!
Biden is not president-elect, yet! Media are not responsible to declare the electoral college votes! Stop using this term and get ready for realDonaldTrump 2nd term 🔴MAGA🔴
The media, including social media, are inaccurately labeling Biden is president-elect. No official sources have called the election. Federal law and the Constitution limit official sources to state officials, the Electoral College, and, ultimately, Congress.
GWB is a war criminal bombed millions of Iraqi citizens in the dead of the night day after day murdering them over oil. His protege Obama was no less evil. Now GWB is trying to get his lackey Biden under his Nazi program. The forces of evil will not and shall not win.
'Making it look like.' ≠ 'Really doing.' It's always a circus show with these people.
A solidly impressive group, who are for sure capable of making this transition as smooth as possible (no matter how hard that loser tries to fight the inevitable).
I’m a fan of garygensler. That guy could run any federal financial regulator or be a Fed governor. Not sure elizabethwarren is a fan of Gary, because anyone who worked for goldmansachs is automatically suspect in her eyes.
Fake new
Biden is a puppet
This is why Biden earned so many Progressive votes. He gave us a seat at the table. SpeakerPelosi Y'all need to take notice and stop treating Progressives like something you stepped in so you can seduce the Republican moderates.
Put Sanders in charge of labor and such.
As it should be. We as Democrats have seen the liberal wing of the party at odds with the more moderate/conservative part for years so this should be no different. What has to happen is for the two sides to reach an agreement that will be best for both.
Biden pedophile and sico!!! Fraud!!!!
TheRestoration has begun. Experience and expertise will be valued again.
Shut down the Clintonian 'sheep in wolves clothing' and a 'Trojan Horse' legislators for the DNC. The Clintons executed all of GHWB's policies & turned the 'Working Class Party' into an arm of the GOP. Get back to our roots-Labor! End the insanity of Centrists/Neolibs.
Not president elect yet.
As also being president elect I tapped my sister.