http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/danny-glover-krugman-for-treasury-85833.html
Danny Glover: Krugman for Treasury By PATRICK GAVIN <http://www.politico.com/reporters/PatrickGavin.html> | 1/7/13 8:33 AM EST Although White House chief of staff Jack Lew seems to have the upper hand in becoming the nation’s next treasury secretary, actor Danny Glover has another idea: Nominate Paul Krugman to the position. In an email to MoveOn.org’s supporters, the “Color Purple” and “Lethal Weapon” star said, “We want President Obama to nominate Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, who opposes austerity and wants the government to focus on creating jobs.” Accordingly, Glover did what seemingly everyone is doing nowadays: Start a petition<http://signon.org/sign/nominate-paul-krugman?source=mo&id=60452-3395672-mLjaZPx>. He did so *not* on the ever-popular White House petition site but, instead, on SignOn.org, the petition site affiliated with MoveOn.org The petition reads, in part, “We urge you to nominate Paul Krugman for Treasury Secretary. Krugman will protect Social Security and Medicare from benefit cuts, promote policies to create jobs, and help defeat the austerity dogma in Washington and around the world.” On The New York Times columnists’ blog and Twitter, no reaction yet to the distinction. -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected]
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