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In reply to the discussion: Wall Street’s Hillary Problem: She Is Becoming A Thorn In Their Side [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)... but instead he's now the primary entity PUSHING arguably what could be the worst one we have had yet now.
With health insurance he didn't even try to do either single payer or even a public option as an option. The insurance companies are still a big cost factor in this health insurance which arguably could have been made less costly and better with stronger negotiation being done, which he didn't seem too motivated to do.
He's talked about negotiating cutbacks to social security, which is really a no no in my book for someone who made it sound like he was wanting change in the opposite direction of that.
People wanted banksters prosecuted for the crimes they committed in the financial crisis. He's WORSE than Reagan with his justice department not doing ANYTHING to bring these people to justice, when Reagan at least put a lot of people in jail for the Savings and Loan Crisis.
He's been doing drone strikes that have killed a lot of innocent people including American citizens who haven't due process given to them before them being "sentenced" to die by such means.
He's been just as bad if not worse with domestic spying and going after whistleblowers that are trying to keep our intelligence agencies actions proper and constitutional.
Yes, he's been good on some issues that the financial elites don't care about as much, but when they are involved, he seems to be bought like so many other Democrats are these days. People want a leader that isn't bought. That person might be kept from running one way or another this time around, but THAT is what people want. And if that person isn't offered, they will get more disillusioned with the Democratic Party especially, since they should take the lead in working for the people as a party.