4 Modest Wishes for New Treasury Secretary Jack Lew

alternet.org — happily joined the more than 200,000 people who’ve signed the “Paul Krugman for Treasury Secretary” progressive fantasy petition. It was a clever way to tell the administration to reject this nutty austerity craze. Now, however, President Obama has made the far less exciting choice of his Chief of Staff, Jack Lew, for the job. And especially given the experience with Timothy Geithner over the past four years, it’s time to develop some more modest wishes for the new top dog at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue. 1. If you were complicit in the 2008 crash, please fess up and make a convincing case that you’ve seen the light. 2. If you oppose a popular progressive reform, have the decency to explain your position. 3. Please don’t help rich people and corporations hide their money in overseas tax havens. 4. Don’t be a jerk to other governments

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