I'd end up voting yes on maybe half, but c'mon, this is bad. And even for some perfectly fine picks like Reed and Obama...why?
Reich at Treasury, Collins at Interior, and Crenshaw at VA would all be uniquely poised to do damage.
Ok, I'll bite. How are you equating Reich (who already served in the cabinet under Clinton) with Republicans?
Oh, he obviously isn't as bad politically as the other two but this is compensated for in impact by how massively important Treasury is. Basically, Reich is absolute sh!!t at economics--which is fine, because he's a lawyer. But you wouldn't pick Paul Krugman to run Justice, and the same principle applies here. I seriously don't trust the guy to have anthing to do with monetary policy and if you want a lefty in control, there are way more sensible picks.
Your opinion is wrong but I respect your right to have it. Reich is one of the very few executive-level officials who has demonstrated a real concern about income inequality. While his views aren't the complete repudiation of capitalism it deserves, him in the position would be a very important step forward in reversing the decades-long floating upward of all the wealth in America to a handful of people, which is an economic disaster.
