Obama last week: :
"Now, just as there was in Teddy Roosevelt's time, there's been a certain crowd in Washington for the last few decades who respond to this economic challenge with the same old tune. 'The market will take care of everything,' they tell us. If only we cut more regulations and cut more taxes - especially for the wealthy - our economy will grow stronger.... It's a simple theory - one that speaks to our rugged individualism and healthy skepticism of too much government.... . Here's the problem: It doesn't work. It's never worked""
Well, at least Obama is open to suggestions but is it for a turn around in the way he's governing, or is it to find new applause lines?
Writes financial analyst Ellen Brown, "The continued dominance of the Wall Street money machine depends on" collective amnesia. The fact that this memory is surfacing again may be the machine's greatest threat -- and our greatest hope as a nation. order his Attorney General to enforce the laws right now."
News Dissector Danny Schechter blogs on NewsDissector.com. He directed Plunder, a film about Wall Street crime. (Plunderthecrimeofourtime.com) Twitter: DissectorEvents
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