Ironically, that's very similar what's been said about Bush's response
to 9/11. He had a huge opportunity, and wasted it on Iraq; maybe
justified, but he could have done something far bigger (e.g., energy
independence, a genuine debate about Islam, exposed the corrupting
influnce of Chinese and Russian oil games, etc.)
Still, I don't breally blame him (either of them). Our policy wonks
either offer simplistic solutions, or entirely unworkable ones, or -
more often - completely misdiagnose the real problem.
I'm shocked (but not surprised)that hardly anyone seems to be working
on common sense, reality-based, easily explainable, and robustly
defensible solutions to these massive problems. Or where such attempts
exist, how little attention they garner.
This seems a systemic problem, not just a matter of one side or the
other being idiots and/or scum. We need a new model for generating and
promoting creative policy ideas If they haven't sorted it out in the
next 10 years, I may have to retire early and take this on myself...
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 19, 2009, at 10:03, [email protected] wrote:
Obama exhorted listeners during a weekly radio talk to "discover
great opportunity in the midst of great crisis." It's an appealing
conceit: seeking breakthrough achievement in a time of danger.
That's why it's such a shame we didn't take advantage of the Wall
Street crisis of 2008 by making 2009 the Year of Real Financial
Reform.
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