Obama is just another Washington insider, perpetuating the status quo, blocking real reform. He isn't fixing anything. He's continuing the same failed deregulatory system that's allowed corporations to prosper at the expense of Americans' lives.
To excuse Obama, to pass the buck, say "It's Congress's job", is to be ig.nor.ant of the executive branch agencies under a president's control & all of these agencies' cozy relationships with Big Business. Obama's done nothing to change it.
One example is Obama's reaction to the oil blow-out in the Gulf. How does separating MMS into two or three agencies (where one would issue the drilling permits, another would inspect the drilling operations, etc.) change employees' behavior, where inspectors didn't inspect but had oil companies' employees write up the inspection sheets?
People need to be fired & face criminal charges. But Obama doesn't like doing that. Obama blocks investigations & prosecutions, preferring to "look forward, not back".
Career politicians (professional Democrats & Republicans) have gamed the government so that everyone, from Congress to the White House, can point their fingers at someone else & say, "It's not my fault, it was his responsibility".
And then after years of investigations and hearings, watered down findings are published and then buried. Business continues as before. If anyone is left holding the bag it's some low-level flunkie, someone who has retired (with full pension & benefits) before the finding is published, and is never prosecuted.
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