When Geithner left his post with the Treasury Department in January 2013, Matt Taibbi told Democracy Now: "He's the architect of "too big to fail. When this all blows up -- and it's going to blow up, for sure, because things can't continue the way they are right now -- people are going to look back in history, and they're going to say, "Who was to blame for this?" And Timothy Geithner is going to be the guy who designed this entire system."
Politicoreports:
Private-equity firms in the financial sector played a leading role in the 2012 presidential campaign, with Democrats criticizing Republican candidate Mitt Romney over deals involving his firm, Bain Capital, that led to layoffs at different companies.
For instance, in May 2012 the Obama campaign ran an ad concerning Bain's role in the struggles of American Pad and Paper that featured former employees of the company criticizing Romney.
Defenders of the industry argue it can help turn around struggling companies, but its critics, as the 2012 campaign showed, point to instances where these leveraged buyouts and the efforts to nurse a company back to health can often lead to large layoffs.
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Romney Economics: Job Loss and Bankruptcy at AmpadLearn more: https://www.romneyeconomics.com With American Pad & Paper (Ampad), Mitt Romney and his partners took a small ...
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