Tim Geithner was confirmed as Treasury Secretary today. He’s been dealing with a scandal lately over unpaid taxes. That’s probably why the Senate’s confirmation vote for him was the narrowest for a Treasury Secretary in over 60 years.
Here’s what’s troubling. I haven’t heard a peep about Geithner’s stances on the issues, or his qualifications for the job. This despite being a bona fide news-hound.
What does Geithner plan to do as Treasury Secretary? Who knows? All we hear is unpaid taxes this, unpaid taxes that. Who cares! Of course he should pay what he owes. It’s a good way to stay out of jail.
But late tax payments have little to do with whether or not Geithner is a good fit for his new job.
That’s the kind of news I’d like to see. How sad that that’s precisely the kind of coverage that would lose the ratings race, and hence we do not see.
Inertia Wins! 