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85. Good intentions, bad implementation

Wed Apr 23, 2014, 03:14 PM

Apr 2014

I can see both sides of the issues being raised here.

The bad move part is pretty simple - you keep up the appearance that the thoughts of others don't matter.

Bankers come and go to the White House. It is like the thing is owned by the wealthy. You couldn't have had this elsewhere?

Come election time politicians play lip service to those most hurting to get their votes. They parade around a few. When it is all over and done with the money people are invited into the WH and congressional offices to discuss issues and make policies. They may even be there for purposes to help the rest of us. But our voices are relegated to the back of the bus.

It's not Obama so much as politics in general. You hope for change but deep down you know not much will. Voices are smothered by cash and the people with the cash have more of it than there are people.

Like I said - it can have good intentions and produce something positive, but it can also send a clear message that the rest of us don't really matter.

And on the subject of human trafficking I have sitting here some posters, pamphlets, and a DVD I got (for free) from the US government not more than a few weeks ago.

You can get the same here:

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/programs/anti-trafficking

The goal is to educate people and employers on what to look out for, how to report it, etc and so on. If the WH wants to help maybe they could tweet out that info/etc to everyone. You know, to the rest of us.

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