Why take the paycut to go to Treasury?

Indeed!  Worse, he would not be able to publicly comment so regularly and nearly so freely as Sec. of Treasury.  He simply could not say so many of the things for which we now value him, due to the impact the words would have coming from the Sec. of Treas.  He is much more valuable as an independent voice with an academic base at Princeton.  He could always participate in task forces, etc.  May he have long life and great influence.


As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

I am pretty certain that the paycut (if there would be one -I have no idea how much one makes at the Treasury) will not be a factor.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi