tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330294340043347758.post3434925858735270679..comments2023-04-27T05:35:24.073-04:00Comments on Jim Blaine on Credit Unions: Big Macro Economics...Jim Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15231738536629398905noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330294340043347758.post-31021665681197855042015-01-30T18:17:51.429-05:002015-01-30T18:17:51.429-05:00Was hoping he might get tripped up by "irrati...Was hoping he might get tripped up by "irrational exuberance" and say yes.<br /><br />His exuberance might be wasted over on D-St.; but, he might feel right at home with the irrational part...Jim Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15231738536629398905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330294340043347758.post-1870531324210309572015-01-30T18:03:07.612-05:002015-01-30T18:03:07.612-05:00Jimster;
Mr. Greenspan is more accustomed to serv...Jimster;<br /><br />Mr. Greenspan is more accustomed to serving on real regulatory boards. Your question to him seems to suggest he would be interested in a spot on the NCUA Board. I think no for it is not real but rogue. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330294340043347758.post-16629759015797876592015-01-30T15:43:22.213-05:002015-01-30T15:43:22.213-05:00Thanks Mr. Geenspan, I'll try to be briefer.
...Thanks Mr. Geenspan, I'll try to be briefer.<br /><br />Any chance you have some free time to serve on a federal regulatory board when a vacancy occurs?Jim Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15231738536629398905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330294340043347758.post-59232615394928576182015-01-30T14:03:47.888-05:002015-01-30T14:03:47.888-05:00"civil service" caused me to think of pu..."civil service" caused me to think of public service, which caused me to think of Public Service CU in Denver. <br /><br />Anybody else see the irony of the Public Service CU CEO raking in $16.7 million in IRS-990 reportable compensation in 2010 thru 2012?<br /><br />Diamond Dave could be the poster child for CU tax-exemption abuse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330294340043347758.post-61329760819937486242015-01-30T12:16:22.267-05:002015-01-30T12:16:22.267-05:00Mr. Greenspan would probably offer this to your re...Mr. Greenspan would probably offer this to your remarks today:<br /><br />Jim, it was always a pleasure having you at our meetings. Your input was always appreciated though not always understood. Like your blogs, your remarks at times seemed endless. However, I unlike others, knew that you took the time and effort to research your positions and used your vast experience to promote the cause you were advocating.<br /><br />It sounds like you are still as feisty as ever waking up early in the morning to write your daily thoughts for the benefit of all to read.<br /><br />Keep up the good work. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330294340043347758.post-46442058173154943672015-01-30T11:08:04.304-05:002015-01-30T11:08:04.304-05:00Nope, no relation to "the Plumed Knight"...Nope, no relation to "the Plumed Knight"; JGB hailed from Maine.<br /><br />If civil service reform means returning to a democratic republican form of government; then yes, I guess I'm for it.<br /><br />Being ornery probably arises from an over-developed intolerance for injustice: especially when it impacts the lives of the working men and women that CUs are desperately trying to help. <br /><br />When CUs are engaged in a daily, hand-to-hand struggle to help folks improve their lives, to encourage their hopes, to educate their kids, and to find a way to stretch shrinking paychecks to the end of the month: then yes, I get angry and incensed by silly boys (and girls), sheltered from accountability, and the hard realities of this desperate economic struggle. who recklessly and insensibly make our tasks unnecessarily more difficult.<br /><br />James G. Blaine referred to them as "Turkey Gobblers"!Jim Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15231738536629398905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330294340043347758.post-24396751212204104062015-01-30T08:40:45.096-05:002015-01-30T08:40:45.096-05:00By any chance are you related to James Gillespie B...By any chance are you related to James Gillespie Blaine, leader of the “Half Breeds?”<br />If so, that probably explains your position on the need for civil service reform and your desire to have our regulators be people of merit. <br />If not maybe it’s just plain being ornery. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com