Jennifer Granholm Quotes
Well, clearly, for me in the immediate future, it is grappling, like so many other governors are grappling, with the economic woes of these states. We were all hoping to see some federal relief.
Granholm, Jennifer. Interview by David Gregory. Meet the Press, NBC, 28 Dec. 2008.
Reading this quotation illustrates how some things in America change hardly at all over time. His description of the conservatives of his day, was the same that a liberal might make 60 years later. This quotation illustrates the statements of White that caused conservatives to dislike him. However, most historians agree that White passed classified information to the Russians. He was accused of being a Communist, but there was never any evidence of that. Some people believe that he was a spy for the Russians and committed espionage, but others disagree observing that White was very much his own man and felt that much information that was classified never should have been. White substituted his own judgment, it is believed, about what could be given to the Russians. He was an admirer of what Russian socialism had accomplished economically, educationally and medically since the 1917 revolution deposing the Czar. Russia had been a valuable military ally, which had taken the brunt of both military and civilian casualties in WWII. White’s economics were certainly not Marxist but very much Keynesian. He was subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee where he was accused of being a Communist which he denied (see {634907}). He died of a heart attack 3 days later.
This is an example of a fascinating one-sided logic. At the time, the Chinese were, not the largest, but one of the large holders of American short term debt. It made sense to the Senator to borrow money from China to have military bands and orchestras and sports teams; it made sense to borrow money to give tax subsidies to wealthy corporations and all the other things. To him and many well off people, it certainly didn’t make sense. To the people who were unemployed or at risk of employment, or those who were empathetic with them, it made a great deal of sense.
The bill fixed the “Sequester Problem” but for only 2 years at which point the Sequester becomes operational which most members thought was a bad outcome. The years was a compromise between those legislators who wanted the Sequester abolished completely and those who didn’t want to get rid of it at all as it imposed some fiscal discipline on Congress even of the outcome was irrational and destructive in some areas.
The Dutch King’s brother, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte Bonaparte, insisted on Dutch contributions to his war effort in the way of Dutch troops, ships and provisions. Yet there was not enough possible revenue to pay for such a war effort. Gogel was able to introduce efficiencies in many areas but still more taxes were needed. War expenditures took all the resources of the state and progress stopped and the kingdom was almost destroyed by the economic crisis.
Jennifer Mulhern Granholm is a Canadian-American politician, lawyer, educator, author, and political commentator serving as the 16th United States secretary of energy. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the 47th governor of Michigan from 2003 to 2011. She was the first woman to serve as Michigan's governor, and she earlier served as attorney general of Michigan.
