Brown is the color of government money

Who's manning the TARP desk?:

Less than half a dozen people are responsible for making the final decisions about which banks get part of the $700 billion in bailout money available through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, according to Department of Treasury officials. In response to a Freedom of Information Act request made by the Sunlight Foundation in January for the members of the TARP Investment Committee, a FOIA officer recently responded with just four names, including Assistant Secretary, Neel Kashkari; Chief Investment Officer, James Lambright; Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets, Karthik Ramanathan and Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, Ralph Monaco, all holdovers from the Bush administration.

Lula needs to shut-it about "blue-eyed bankers". Capital knows no color.

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I know a Hindu banker from Goa who has blue eyes. He attracts attention.

But he says there's lots of that in Goa, and that there he's nothing special.

I wouldn't say that - he has a deadly forehand.

By Sandgroper (not verified) on 11 Apr 2009 #permalink