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8. This is
Thu Apr 17, 2014, 01:20 AM
Apr 2014

"Neither has been tough on Corporate America...Whom do you think pulls their puppet-strings? Neither shows much interest in prosecuting economic fraud, neither shows much interest in prosecuting pollution, neither shows much interest in protecting worker safety. It remains to be seen if Obama will do anything more than talk inre to union rights, but I wouldn't hold my breath."

...nonsense. After people jumped on the bandwagon to claim that Bush, who was responsible for the worst financial crisis in more than 70 years, was "tougher," now the claim is "neither shows much interest in protecting worker safety"?

Not only did Bush stand in the way of prosecutions, he did everything to facilitate the abuses, gutting regulations (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024828575) and opposing efforts by Congress to address the issues (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024828575#post4)

Hey, Matt Tabbi.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024832738

There is no friggin comparison.

There is no question that Dodd-Frank was a strong bill—the strongest in three generations. I didn’t have a chance to vote for it because I wasn’t yet in the Senate, but if I could have, I would have voted for it twice.

http://www.warren.senate.gov/files/documents/AFR%20Roosevelt%20Institute%20Speech%202013-11-12.pdf

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024812296

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