The Need To Change Comes From Force

This is an interesting thought provoking article from the left. Thought provoking in the sense that you really cant make this stuff up.

http://www.newdeal20.org/?p=6122

"Certainly the President deserves credit for passing the stimulus bill, stabilizing the financial markets and moving health care reform closer to realization. He also deserves credit for inspiring a new generation of Americans to take up community service through the Serve America Act and for opening up the government to greater transparency."


I don't know where to begin? How can we give him credit on the stimulus bill? We are still losing jobs at a huge clip. The financial markets are not stable. What Obama and Paulson before him have done is to stabilize the Wall Street Bonus Pool, which was damaged in 2009. Program trading is now some 70% of all volume on domestic exchanges, which means that the vast majority of Americans have sat this rally out. Health care is an afterthought after the non-farm payroll report on Friday morning. Who cares about Serving America? Put people to work! The last piece about greater transparency is a crock of crap. Just read this.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/26/obama/index.html

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/02/10/obama/

FDR made changes not because he wanted to. He was forced into making changes. Just like Obama hoodwinked the electorate with his "Change" speeches, he actually has to govern now. He has no appetite for change because it has not been forced on him as of yet. You can see it in the way he has dealt with Wall Street regulation. He is so captured that he cant change. It has to be forced on him by the independents that voted him in.