So why has Obama not even tried to act and what makes anyone believe Democrats will suddenly do a 180 and start helping the middle class?
Hillary wants to beef up anti trust enforcement, taking on powerful corporations. BUT antitrust enforcement is largely up to the president and his picked advisers. If Democrats really think it is so damned important, why has Clinton’s old boss Barack Obama done so very, very little with it?
Headline from just a few days ago: “Clinton promises to hold Wells Fargo accountable”. Go get ‘em, Hillary! To see a president get tough with elite bankers and with CEOs in general – that’s something we can all cheer for. But then that nagging voice piped up again: if Democrats think it is so critical to get tough with crooked banksters, why oh why didn’t Barack Obama take the many, many opportunities he had to do so back in the days when it would have really mattered?
Clinton has done a 180 and now opposes TPP because the American people know they are getting screwed with trade deals. Yet Obama, her Presidential patron and protector continues to push the TPP in order to secure something for his legacy.
Healthcare and college tuition - we must do things to fix them Hillary says. Well, why haven't Democrats been doing anything then?
In the Democratic convention back in July, when Senator Elizabeth Warren pronounced on the current state of middle America as follows:
"Look around. Americans bust their tails, some working two or three jobs, but wages stay flat. Meanwhile, the basic costs of making it from month to month keep going up. Housing, healthcare, child care – costs are out of sight. Young people are getting crushed by student loans. Working people are in debt. Seniors can’t stretch a social security check to cover the basics."
Yeah, the system is rigged against middle America. One problem. The system has been presided over by Obama, the greatest politician in history for 8 years. Yet nothing offered to do anything about except more regulations making it harder for the average person to start a business.
Some can make themselves feel better by telling themselves he just needed a Congress to go along with him. But there was never anything offered by Democrats to take to the people and say hey, look at what we are trying to do here, call your Congressman today to vote for this.
Hillary wants to beef up anti trust enforcement, taking on powerful corporations. BUT antitrust enforcement is largely up to the president and his picked advisers. If Democrats really think it is so damned important, why has Clinton’s old boss Barack Obama done so very, very little with it?
Headline from just a few days ago: “Clinton promises to hold Wells Fargo accountable”. Go get ‘em, Hillary! To see a president get tough with elite bankers and with CEOs in general – that’s something we can all cheer for. But then that nagging voice piped up again: if Democrats think it is so critical to get tough with crooked banksters, why oh why didn’t Barack Obama take the many, many opportunities he had to do so back in the days when it would have really mattered?
Clinton has done a 180 and now opposes TPP because the American people know they are getting screwed with trade deals. Yet Obama, her Presidential patron and protector continues to push the TPP in order to secure something for his legacy.
Healthcare and college tuition - we must do things to fix them Hillary says. Well, why haven't Democrats been doing anything then?
In the Democratic convention back in July, when Senator Elizabeth Warren pronounced on the current state of middle America as follows:
"Look around. Americans bust their tails, some working two or three jobs, but wages stay flat. Meanwhile, the basic costs of making it from month to month keep going up. Housing, healthcare, child care – costs are out of sight. Young people are getting crushed by student loans. Working people are in debt. Seniors can’t stretch a social security check to cover the basics."
Yeah, the system is rigged against middle America. One problem. The system has been presided over by Obama, the greatest politician in history for 8 years. Yet nothing offered to do anything about except more regulations making it harder for the average person to start a business.
Some can make themselves feel better by telling themselves he just needed a Congress to go along with him. But there was never anything offered by Democrats to take to the people and say hey, look at what we are trying to do here, call your Congressman today to vote for this.
