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In reply to the discussion: Too Big to Jail? Obama at the top of bankster fraud. [View all]slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)exactly, policy is set from the top, one just needs to watch and listen with an open mind to see what the course will be.
There were many examples right from the beginning. Obama and his financial advisors saying 'who could have known?' Were they so blind as to the problems that had been mounting for years? When he appointed Geithner there was the 'Geithner bump' in the stock market.
IMO too many people are ready to cheer, on both sides, for anything because their party won. Debating the issue takes a back seat when one's party gains control and many fall right into line.
Remember Obama's campaign ad called 'Billy' and then soon after Tauzin was invited to the WH by Obama and he made a deal not to negotiate drug prices with the pharmaceutical industry. So much for the speech two months earlier when he said 'that is not who we are...' Great speech, clap, clap, clap but words do not necessarily translate to actions.
Watch the second segment on 60 minutes last night and the price of cancer drugs, great deal for the pharmaceutical companies. Thanks Obama for taking the issue of negotiating drug prices off the radar, even though it was a printed campaign promise and made for a great speech.
http://www.cbs.com/shows/60_minutes/
Years ago when Obama was first running my daughter was entering med school, seven years later she is now in practice and guess who is bringing in lunch to their office most days of the week ... the drug companies.
So may clues on a variety of issues, but we need to listen.