"Confronting public pessimism about the economy, Obama also said the U.S. faces a choice between returning to what he calls failed economic policies of the past, or moving forward."
I'm so sick of hearing that 'move forward' imagery. It was fine up until maybe the end of the President's first year in office. But now we have a significant record of no progress on most of the vital issues of our day. Most of what we've gotten so far is just talking the talk.
The financial reform bill is as universally panned as superficial and trivial by folks who understand the system as the health insurance reform bill was. In fact, if we "went back" to Glass-Steagle, we'd be FAR better off with just that.
Fact is we're not moving at all. We're stuck in a cesspool of corporate control of the economy and government and there is a stark lack of courage in the Senate and White House to 'move forward' on anything.
In the meantime, cart00n characters like boehner can say things as wacky as they want and it doesn't matter because the President has frittered away the moral high ground he won when he was elected. Until he gets that back by walking the walk for once, the pugs can continue their hijinx unabated and unaffected by Obama's hollow righteous indignation.
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