It’s probably a good idea not to volunteer to go down a dark alley with Bill Clinton.
That’s because during the financial crisis, former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner solicited some feedback from Clinton. And according to a profile in the New York Times, it could have been a bloody mess.
At the time, the public wasn’t very happy with Geithner. But could could he do anything to appease the masses?
No, says Clinton.
[Geithner] cheerfully relayed a story that also appears in his book about the time he sought advice from Bill Clinton on how to pursue a more populist strategy. ‘You could take Lloyd Blankfein (the CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sachs) into a dark alley,’ Clinton said, ‘and slit his throat, and it would satisfy them for about two days. Then the blood lust would rise again.’
Via New York Times
