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And speaking of stink, it isn't because Obama was weak that he "capitulated" with the far right Republicans. No, it's because he really IS one of them and endorses their policies of privatization and enriching the rich further.
Clinton paved the way, although it was the WTO who pushed to get rid of Glass-Stegall:
That same opportunistic reasoning got us into the Great Recession, thanks to President Clinton joining with congressional Republicans to destroy the sensible controls on Wall Street greed that FDR had put in place in order to prevent a repeat of the Depression. That was also the rationale of the Clinton alums that Obama appointed to clean up the mess they themselves had created. Instead of worrying about jobless workers and swindled homeowners, they bailed out the swindlers, following the example set by George W. Bush.
We don't have a real Democratic Party anymore.
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Expect more of this kind of thing thanks to the Citizens United case:
A fledgling company dissolved shortly after making a $1 million contribution to an independent political committee supporting Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, leaving the source of the money unclear._____
OF COURSE the principal kept her job. She probably will be principal of the year:
But an education source expressed outrage over what he saw as a slap on the wrist.
"A letter of reprimand is an outrageously light punishment for such an egregious breach of parents' trust," he said.
"I . . . wonder whether the same standard of justice would have been applied had their [officials'] children been the ones sent out in the back of that cold, dark and uninsured U-Haul truck."
The reason the principal did what she did is because she knew she would get away with it.
Par for the course in public ed.
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I'd say the second Great Depression is already here.
In sum, we have a demand problem, and neoliberal policies do nothing but make economies worse.
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The Ben Roethlisberger civil trial will remain in Reno.
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