Meet Your Czars III

A Czar is a person of high political office appointed by the Executive Branch without being confirmed by Congress. Czars, by Administration, are thus numbered:

Gerald Ford: 2
Jimmy Carter: 2
Ronald Reagan: 1
Bush I: 2
Bill Clinton: 8
Bush II: 33
Barack Obama: 38

It is the opinion of Warehouse Worker! that our Czars are a manifestation of the international business community, created as a vehicle to circumvent the last vestiges of an American Representative Republic. Today’s Czar is Steve Rattner, appointed by Barack Obama.



Steve Rattner is a Jew who graduated from Brown University. Steve started out his career as an economic reporter for the New York Times, quickly moving from there into the field of investment banking. Steve spent two decades investment banking with Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, and Lazard Freres & Company.

Striking out on his own, Steve founded the Quadrangle Group. The Quadrangle group is an investment management firm specializing in the media and communications industries. Steve’s good fortunes continued and he managed (manages?) Michael Bloomberg’s personal fortune in his emergent company Willett Ventures, LLC. In his spare time Steve continues to write editorials for the New York Times and appears on MSNBC to provide commentary.

Steve got in a wee bit of trouble for reportedly paying off political consultant Hank Morris in a quest to manage New York’s pension funds. His partners at Quadrangle turned on him and agreed to pay $7 million and cooperate with New York authorities in exchange for not being shaken down further by Andrew Cuomo.

Last November Steve agreed to pay a personal fee of $6.2 million and not talk to any brokers, dealers, or investment advisors in exchange for not admitting guilt. In accordance with Wikipedia, last December cost Steve another $10 million and he is now barred from appearing in any capacity before any public pension fund for the next five years.

Steve is Barack’s expert on cars.