Matthew  Kent Conrad gets deficit advice from Rubin: "The former Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin, who I think has, from all observers, gotten very high grades for the economic policy that he pursued as secretary of the treasury under the Clinton years, has called me several times in the last years warning about his concern about the long-term growth of debt and what it could mean for interest rates." http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/p...

Matthew  Social Security Looters: Ann M Fudge, one of Obama's appointees to the Debt Commission, is on the board of the Council on Foreign Relations, which is currently co-chaired by Rubin and previously by Peterson

Matthew  Linda Robertson, former Enron lobbyist and assistant to Rubin and Summers at Treasury, became a senior adviser to the Fed in July. She's advising on "strategic planning and day-to-day issues involving their interactions with the Congress".

Matthew  Rubin protege Richard Perry says, "We're looking forward to taking advantage of a long-lasting distressed cycle." Indeed! http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/07/magazines...