Reply #53: When I suggested that Obama tackle the financial situation first my post was met with riddicle.

[olegramps]

This was met with ridicule by most of those who responded to my post. I am not attempting to play the role of some know it all, but consider the situation that he inherited; a financial system in collapse due to continued deregulation primarily sponsored by Republicans and some Blue Dog Democrats who have been bought body and soul by big business. The outsourcing of jobs and the lack of job creation had escalated dramatically during the Bush administration as well as every economic indicator going into the toilet.

Instead of attacking the problems that are paramount to every working class citizen, Obama chose to take on the Health Care Industry. He was totally naive in thinking that the Republicans were going to be cooperative. He thought that by some miracle a comprehensive health care plan would magically emerge from congress as they all hugged singing Cumby-yah. As far as I am concerned he blew it totally. He had the impetus to take on the greedy financial barons of Wall Street and get legislation passed to stop the hemorrhaging of jobs. Job creation should have been his primary concern and when he had righted the ship he could then address health care. And when he was in a position to take on this issue he shouldn’t have allowed congress to create some monstrosity. He should have laid out a comprehensive plan, essential a Medicare for all option, that would require a couple of pages every citizen could comprehend instead the ludicrous 2000 page piece of crap that congress created.