http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/09/busine....html?_r=0
Okay, granted she's quite decorated and qualified, though she's worked under Bernanke this entire time and will probably continue his inflationary tactics.
Still, it's a sobering thought, and the punditry in the media is hilarious.
Senator Brown (Ohio):
Riiiigghhhhtt. Because THIS is the PERFECT time to be celebrating women's equality. What I'll never understand is if women really were equal, why the need to point it out in public theater like this? Why give constant recognition to their gender through needless back-patting? By all logic (I know, logic is just so pre-2000s) feminists should be offended by pointing out the new fed's gender. If she was really qualified, why should it matter?
From the comments:
Okay, granted she's quite decorated and qualified, though she's worked under Bernanke this entire time and will probably continue his inflationary tactics.
Still, it's a sobering thought, and the punditry in the media is hilarious.
Senator Brown (Ohio):
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“Today is a historic moment for the Federal Reserve, for women everywhere and for all of us who care about job creation.”
Riiiigghhhhtt. Because THIS is the PERFECT time to be celebrating women's equality. What I'll never understand is if women really were equal, why the need to point it out in public theater like this? Why give constant recognition to their gender through needless back-patting? By all logic (I know, logic is just so pre-2000s) feminists should be offended by pointing out the new fed's gender. If she was really qualified, why should it matter?
From the comments:
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Perhaps this woman will be able to start cleaning the mess that so many men has left in the financial house of this country.