Jack Lew’s signature
Maybe Lew will have some interesting thoughts. Maybe he decided some years back that scrawling a series of O’s is, when you sign a lot of things, one way to save time. Maybe his signature started out as a way of subtly spoofing the institution in which he’s spent his life, government, which some think tends to be staffed by a bunch of zeros. Maybe the signature is Proustian: Those cupcakes were his Madeleine, and replicating the squiggles makes him happy. Maybe he is a little eccentric, or a little hidden—if you didn’t want people to think they can read Jack Lew, you could start with having them not be able to read Jack Lew’s signature.
There is the practical question: Is he going to scribble those O’s on the dollar bill when he is Treasury Secretary? Or is he going to give us a new Jack Lew signature that looks like it’s saying something like Jack Lew?
He should do that. Half of America thinks the country is broke, with only zeros in its bank account. Why have something that reminds people of that fear, or seems to underscore it, on your currency? From this high-spending government it may seem like a taunt. Or an admission.
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We think we’re broke? Peggy, we are broke. Thats not debateable
Zetterson on January 16, 2013 at 5:16 PM
Lew’s signature arouses in me the question of whether he’s one of these people who’ve managed to succeed in business while disguising their illiteracy.
PersonFromPorlock on January 16, 2013 at 5:17 PM
Personally, I do think the signature issue should disqualify him. But then I think that all of Obama’s appointments should be removed from office.
SC.Charlie on January 16, 2013 at 5:20 PM
We’re worse off than broke.
We owe our enemies from which Zero borrowed billions upon billions… those same billions upon billions plus heavy interest.
Jack Lew’s loopy signature merely confirms he lacks the seriousness and maturity for the job as do the rest of Zero’s administration and Supreme Court defectives.
viking01 on January 16, 2013 at 5:25 PM
That nobody called him on it a long time ago speaks volumes about those with whom he’s surrounded himself. That includes any employers for whom he’s worked.
Mitoch55 on January 16, 2013 at 5:25 PM
Well, in one sense we are, but in another sense we’re most definitely not.
In the current fiscal year, the federal government’s tax revenue is estimated to be roughly $3 trillion. Think about that for just a moment. Three trillion dollars. Our country is very wealthy. And our government is awash in tax money.
The problem, as you know, is that we have an insatiable appetite for more and more spending. And in the sense that we constantly spend more than we take in, yes, we are broke. But if we had the stones to do so, we could be deficit-free overnight and begin making huge strides at paying down our debt. Because three trillion dollars is a hell of a lot of money, and executing the enumerated powers of the constitution doesn’t cost anywhere near that much.
Shump on January 16, 2013 at 5:28 PM
Maabe he dont no how ta spale?
Pork-Chop on January 16, 2013 at 5:40 PM
You voted for this high-spending government, Peggy. Shut up about the signatures it brings.
James on January 16, 2013 at 5:51 PM
When my clients are fret over how to sign their names on legal docs, I reassure them that all they are doing is making their mark. It could be an X or a bunch of scribbles, as long as it’s theirs. Now I’ll be able to use the dollar bill to illustrate my point when some persnickety underwriter tries to get smart about it.
That said, what kind of tool actually makes a bunch of loops his signature?
Dead Hand Control on January 16, 2013 at 5:53 PM
Lew’s sig. just tells me he’s a low-grade moron.
Thomas More on January 16, 2013 at 6:21 PM
Joooooo.
Jack Lew = Jew
Joooooo sounds like Jew.
Jack being a bit too clever?
albill on January 16, 2013 at 6:25 PM
having the signature of an illiterate on the money seems appropriate. Perhaps Lew should just sign with an “X”?
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on January 16, 2013 at 6:40 PM
when she apologizes for calling a certain someone a “nincompoop” then maybe i’ll think about even reading one of her idiotic posts.
stupid woman. now she finds out obama’s an idiot. duh!!!
renalin on January 16, 2013 at 6:55 PM
That’s the sign for “boing!” Because everything the Treasury issues these days bounces.
John the Libertarian on January 16, 2013 at 6:59 PM