My surprise about his policy stance was not that he did not call for radical change, but a more populist persona would have won him points. Instead, he appeared weak and vague.
On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 06:58:31AM -0700, John Gulick wrote: > > Well... > > I'm surprised that you're surprised. Surely Obama has signposted his > relatively > awful stances well in advance. > > In fact, I was mildly pleased with his claim that the bailout is a neccesary > evil > that must be larded with conditions. Despite being a principled red-green, > that's > more or less my position too. Hey, no less a stalwart than Doug Henwood is on > the same page. Face it, the primary political thrust against the bailout is > spearheaded > by the Congressional class of '94 and their ilk... although I do worry that a > bailout > stacked high with social democratic regulatory stipulations will still lead > to a rout > of the dollar and the evisceration of my puny savings. (I tried to start an > offshore > euro-denominated account about six months ago but was foiled by temporary > unemployment and lack of a demonstrable income stream.) > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
