Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Laurence Spitzeris an American politician who served as the 54th Governor of New York from 2007 until his resignation on March 17, 2008. Following his eight year term as Attorney General of New York, Spitzer was elected governor in 2006, succeeding three-term incumbent George Pataki. Soon after taking office, Spitzer was embroiled in a prostitution scandal that culminated in his resignation. Following his resignation, he hosted a short-lived program, Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer on Current TV...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 June 1959
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
When I read it my blood began to boil again. It drove home how crass that whole system was.
Federated worked with regulators to address problems with improper trading, ... With this agreement, virtually the entire mutual fund industry has now sworn off improper trading practices and agreed to compensate investors who were harmed.
Federated worked with regulators to address problems with improper trading,
Every time we keep a child from smoking, we improve public health.
They may change their view but I will not at this point in time, ... We will win this case.
It's fascinating to me: when it comes to innovation in policy, it all comes from the states, ... It reflects an abject failure of policy (at the national level) in terms of dealing with energy, the environment or the securities industry. And into that void, the states have stepped.
It's a scandal that is still unfolding, ... many criminal and civil cases that will be announced in the months to come.
This is an enormous victory over the concerted efforts by the Bush administration to dismantle the Clean Air Act.
This is not an insult. This is a statement of the harsh reality of the economic data that people should look at.
This is somebody who knows how to stand up to you and me -- who knows how to push back against special interests, who knows how to stand up when matters of ethics and integrity come to the fore,
This does have, for me, a particular emotional experience.
It is the Democratic Party historically that created the middle class,
It is unacceptable that more than three weeks after this serious vulnerability was revealed, these same CDs are still on shelves, during the busiest shopping days of the year,
There will always be apologists for the powerful and politically connected who commit crimes.