If you agree with Gore Vidal that "only corporate America enjoys representation by the Congresses and presidents that it pays for," then your average July 4th quote is going to ring pretty hollow. "My patriotic heart beats red, white, and blue" or "And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free" -- why do people bother emailing this kind of stuff at all … [Read more...]
Even Obama’s beholden to them
The more I learn how Wall Street influence over Washington has allowed the financial meltdown of 2008 to grow into a worldwide disaster, the harder it gets for me to continue to support President Obama. Though he campaigned as a champion of Main Street and promised financial market reform and re-regulation, Obama quickly showed that he was really about business as usual -- … [Read more...]