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Good point.
Those opposed to Obama's policies would be better off looking for ways to bring class action lawsuits against GM, Chrysler, and the PCG investment firm:
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2012/09/nancy-pelosis-brother-in-law-owns.html
Crony capitalists have a lot more influence in Washington now than voters do. They don't get multimillion (or multibillion) dollar bailouts and kickbacks for nothing. Voters who want to influence policies in D.C. should find creative ways to put pressure on the crony-capitalists who wield the real power behind Obama.
check out: Oligarchy's Ascent in America, by Mark Farha. (Abstract from IPSA.org: "This paper examines how the Obama administration, hiding behind a rhetorical smokescreen of “believable change,” has overseen arguably the most severe socio-economic polarization in modern American history. Income inequalities today outstrip even those witnessed during the Great Depression. Despite his rhetoric of change, President Obama’s financial policies have continued the policies of prior Presidents in skewing the financial system in favor of mega-banks. The unprecedented bailouts by the US Treasury and Fed amounted to a disenfranchisement of the US citizen under both Republican and Democratic administrations.
Far from making good on the campaign promise to exclude lobbyists and increase transparency of governmental decisions, the Obama administration has set new records in the employment of well-entrenched Wall Street bankers and veteran K Street lobbyists to key positions. Increasingly, however, the Obama administration finds difficulty in upholding its carefully constructed media image of renewal.
By highlighting the common calls for transparency found at both ends of the political spectrum, this paper will examine how dismay with a status quo ante foreign policy, as well continued opacity in fiscal and monetary matters, may have kindled a critique and constituency cutting across partisan lines of left and right as the dominant pattern of crony capitalism and lack of transparency violates both the principles of free markets and social justice.")
Also, making economics a required subject for all K - 12 students is a pretty good idea too, and the Mises Academy has courses that are very appropriate for high school student-levels:
http://www.iwf.org/news/2789583/Demography-Isn't-Destiny-When-Voters-Are-Economically-Informed
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> Good point. Those opposed to Obama's policies would be better off looking for ways to bring class action lawsuits against GM, Chrysler, and the PCG investment firm: http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2012/09/nancy-pelosis-brother-in-law-owns.html Crony capitalists have a lot more influence in Washington now than voters do. They don't get multimillion (or multibillion) dollar bailouts and kickbacks for nothing. Voters who want to influence policies in D.C. should find creative ways to put pressure on the crony-capitalists who wield the real power behind Obama. check out: Oligarchy's Ascent in America, by Mark Farha. (Abstract from IPSA.org: "This paper examines how the Obama administration, hiding behind a rhetorical smokescreen of “believable change,” has overseen arguably the most severe socio-economic polarization in modern American history. Income inequalities today outstrip even those witnessed during the Great Depression. Despite his rhetoric of change, President Obama’s financial policies have continued the policies of prior Presidents in skewing the financial system in favor of mega-banks. The unprecedented bailouts by the US Treasury and Fed amounted to a disenfranchisement of the US citizen under both Republican and Democratic administrations. Far from making good on the campaign promise to exclude lobbyists and increase transparency of governmental decisions, the Obama administration has set new records in the employment of well-entrenched Wall Street bankers and veteran K Street lobbyists to key positions. Increasingly, however, the Obama administration finds difficulty in upholding its carefully constructed media image of renewal. By highlighting the common calls for transparency found at both ends of the political spectrum, this paper will examine how dismay with a status quo ante foreign policy, as well continued opacity in fiscal and monetary matters, may have kindled a critique and constituency cutting across partisan lines of left and right as the dominant pattern of crony capitalism and lack of transparency violates both the principles of free markets and social justice.") Also, making economics a required subject for all K - 12 students is a pretty good idea too, and the Mises Academy has courses that are very appropriate for high school student-levels: http://www.iwf.org/news/2789583/Demography-Isn't-Destiny-When-Voters-Are-Economically-Informed