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Rob Kailey is a working schmuck with no ties or affiliations to any governmental or political organizations, save those of sympathy.
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Sat Jul 17, 2010 at 10:19:25 AM MST
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David Obey, approaching retirement, on his -- and our -- biggest failure during his tenure in Congress:
But I leave more discontented when I came here because of the terrible things that have been done to this economy by political leaders who allowed Wall Street to turn Wall Street banks into gambling casinos which damned near destroyed the economy.
I think the more important thing was what was my biggest failure. I think our biggest failure collectively has been our failure to stop the ripoff of the middle class by the economic elite of this country, and this is not just something that happened because of the forces of the market.
H/t to Kevin Drum for the quote, who notes, "despite the legislative achievements of the Obama administration...this hasn't changed even modestly over the past few years." Except that the legislative achievements of the Obama administration have done nothing to disrupt the institutions or structure that abets this redistribution of income to the rich; their policies have only mitigated the damage done.
Still, I agree with Kevin that this is the biggest threat to our economy. |
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