Obama is just another Washington insider, perpetuati
ng the status quo, blocking real reform. He isn't fixing anything. He's continuing the same failed deregulato
ry system that's allowed corporatio
ns 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 relationsh
ips 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 investigat
ions & prosecutio
ns, preferring to "look forward, not back".
Career politician
s (professio
nal Democrats & Republican
s) 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 responsibi
lity".
And then after years of investigat
ions 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
.
If you don't want your cherished illusions shattered about that, don't watch
this - Rachel Maddow's investigative report broadcast a few days ago on what caused the Gulf catastrophe (bad design of blowout preventer) and how nothing has been fixed, new drilling permits are being issued daily (for deeper drilliing than before). Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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