Comments on: Today is a big day on Wall Street https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/05/today-is-a-big-day-on-wall-street/ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:38:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.7 By: besomyka https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/05/today-is-a-big-day-on-wall-street/#comment-12529 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:38:52 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=641#comment-12529 Of course they do. Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was repealed. We got a health care bill through, despite republican filibusters. Never mind the countless other things.

The real tragedy is what’s happened since the 2010 election. Putting Republicans in charge of the House of Representatives is what has ground government to a halt. Before 2010 government was horrible sausage making, but at least things got done.

Now, I’d love to see even MORE progress, for sure. I’d love to see the people involved in the fraudulent CDS slicing and dicing taken to court, and to see CEO’s that constantly harm the businesses they are running driven out of the profession and ostracized rather than given bonuses, but wanting MORE doesn’t mean that progress wasn’t made in other areas.

Elections do have consequences, and we’re seeing it now. Put sane people back in charge and lets move forward.

]]> By: DavidByron https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/05/today-is-a-big-day-on-wall-street/#comment-12528 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:49:34 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=641#comment-12528 Elections don’t have consequences.

If the results of electing Obama doesn’t convince you I suppose nothing will. Consider: Bush was the worst president in the world they said. He was a far right war criminal, an extremist. Obama was sold as the most liberal senator, a man bringing “Hope and Change”. Obama continued every evil policy of Bush, and extended many. The Democrats won two landslide victories in a row. What happened?

Nothing.

Elections don’t have consequences in the USA.

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