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Trump Picks yet Another Goldman Sachs Executive for Key Economic Job, This Time Its President
Gary Cohn’s bank helped cause 2008 financial crisis, he shouldn’t have anything to do with America’s economic policies.
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Broadcasting & Cable: CWA Has Troubles With Puzder for Labor Secretary
“With Andy Puzder’s nomination it is becoming even clearer that President-elect Trump’s appetite for helping hard working Americans was nothing more than campaign rhetoric and that his hunger for fast food extends far beyond his diet but to his cabinet as well,” agreed Allied Progress executive director Karl Frisch.
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Newsweek: Public Thinks President-elect Is Too Close to White Nationalist Groups
Again, criticism of Trump’s pick was quick to emerge. Karl Frisch, executive director of Allied Progress, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit group that focuses on special interests, called it “bad decision-making on steroids” and claimed that McMahon “is far more interested in looking out for her own bottom line than the well-being of her employees.”
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Trump’s Appetite for Helping Workers Evaporates, Fast Food CEO Picked for Labor Secretary
Labor Secretary pick Andy Puzder hostile to low-wage workers, opposes minimum wage increases, overtime pay, more.
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Trump’s Pick of Wrestling’s McMahon to Lead SBA: Example of “Bad Decision-Making on Steroids”
Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon has always looked out for her own bottom line at the expense of her employees.
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Morning Consult: Trump to Pick Fast Food Executive Puzder to Lead Labor Dept.
“The Secretary of Labor should actually care about workers. Instead Andy Puzder has shown them nothing but contempt,” said Karl Frisch, executive director of the left-leaning advocacy group Allied Progress, in a statement.
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Politico: Dems to Unload on Mnuchin
Allied Progress’ Karl Frisch: “With his selection of former Goldman Sachs banker Steven Mnuchin to run Treasury and billionaire businessman Wilbur Ross to run Commerce, President-elect Trump has broken his promise to stop the ‘rigged’ system. He has instead sided with the Wall Street insiders, K Street lobbyists, and corrupt politicians that conspire to help each other rather than the hardworking men and women of this country.”
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American Banker: Mnuchin Pick for Treasury May Signal Moderate Approach to Reform
Karl Frisch, executive director of the progressive group Allied Progress, slammed Trump for picking a “man who worked at Goldman Sachs – one of the banks responsible for the 2008 financial crisis — to run Treasury, the very government agency responsible for steering our country away from such economic disasters.”
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With Treasury and Commerce Picks, Trump Has Broken Promise to Stop the “Rigged” System
President-elect Settles on a Billionaire and Man with Few Qualifications Other Than His Work for One of the Banks Responsible for the 2008 Financial Crisis
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CBS News: Wall Street Vet Atop Treasury Could Test Trump’s Populism
“The draining is currently clogged, apparently,” said Karl Frisch, executive director of Allied Progress, a left-leaning grassroots organization. Mnuchin’s appointment would “run contrary to the message he campaigned on.”