Friday, August 28, 2009

Sec. Geithner Took the Tough Questions

As reported earlier, Digg and the Wall Street Journal held an online interview with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. They used their technology to solicit questions from the web and included them in the interview.

Results can be found here.

This is a great way to use the web in an interactive manner and get ongoing value out of the discussion by posting the results online. This is all completely on the record and can be used in the future when considering the next moves of Treasury.

Here are the top few questions from Digg:

Why has the federal reserve bank never been audited? (+1133 diggs, submitted by Borez)

Goldman Sachs is a large, profit seeking company which you were/are a part of. Isn't it a conflict of interest to funnel tax dollars into this private company using your new power as Secretary of the Treasury, keeping in mind that you and your old buddies benefit monetarily? Maybe I'm mistaken, but isn't this a textbook example of political corruption? (+729 diggs, submitted by larryjr88)

What is your position on Ron Paul's House Resolution 1207? (Which as of the writing of this question has 282 cosponsors.) http://www.auditthefed.com/ (+713 diggs,
submitted by Motobike_man)

You failed to pay some of your federal taxes in 2001. And in 2002. And in 2003. And
in 2004. Please explain.
(+690 diggs, submitted by zwendkos)

How do you feel about the revolving door between high job positions in the treasury and Goldman Sachs? (+581 diggs, submitted by keythb)

Last week you requested that Congress raise the $12.1 trillion statutory debt limit,
saying that it could be breached as early as mid-October. This is in addition to the increase already approved in February this year to accommodate the added debt from the $787 Billion stimulus plan. How is this anything other than runaway government spending? What will it take for us to see US debt go the other direction?
(+520 diggs, submitted by bossm4n)


How can you use the Internet to engage members, customers and advocates?

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