Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The ballot box doesn't matter for these initiatives. Either party will > continue these programs.
Exactly - there's been no substantial change in policy for 30 years. Put simply, the Obama vs. Romney believers watch more Fox News than they do spreadsheets and policy briefs: Obama doubled and tripled down on Bush positions almost across the board. And W followed Clinton who followed Bush who followed Regan. Everybody blames W for the crash, but it was actually Clinton in collaboration with Senate Republicans: * Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, authored by Phil Gramm(r) and Jim Leach(r), repealed the Glass-Stegal Act of 1933 and paved the way for derivatives by removing the barriers between banking, investment banking, and insurance * Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, authored by Phill Gramm(r), repealed the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936 and paved the way for credit-default swaps Without these two changes there would've been no crisis. W is as responsible as Obama: both Presidents have allowed these legislative horrors to persist. So Gel is right: pick your policy beef and then realize that the ballot box won't fix it and now you can sleep knowing that at least you're honest with yourself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358372 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
