Importantly, the Supreme Court remains under the sway of free market fundamentalists who genuflect to corporate needs in almost every decision.
So a stalemate stays in place with election rhetoric concealing the conventional wisdom and status quo orientation that make deeper reform unlikely.
We seem to be in the era of one step forward and two back where the idea of change serves as an election slogan - not a commitment to more fundamental repairs.
The political system is as broken as the economic one, and there is no Superman on the horizon to fly in and fix it.(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
