Posted on 03/15/2009 3:56:55 AM PDT by EYEAM4ANARCHY
Will Barack Obama Bring the Change We Really Need?
The question here is Barack Obama bring "the change we need" to Washington, as promised, or will it be politics as usual at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This entails the question of whether someone who has spent the entirety of their adult life learning to work within the system and who would never be in a position to attain the presidency without that system, can be expected to make fundamental changes to that same system. That is the change we really need and it might be a bit of folly to expect that sort of change to come from within the very thing that we hope to see changed. In fact, let's take a look at Barack Obama's first few actions as president elect, and subsequently after taking office, to see if they can give us a bit of foresight into how much change he is really going to bring.
Barack Obama's Short-Lived Ban on Recent Lobbyists Among Cabinet Nominees
The prevailing thought is that the reason for all the corruption is the ease with which lobbyists gain access to the government. We're to believe that Barack Obama's administration is going to be different because he's pledged not to allow his cabinet to be tainted by recent lobbyists. To ensure this, one of his first actions was to institute a "revolving door" ban that prevents anybody who has work as a lobbyist within the last two years from being involved in any decisions related to their former employers. Problem is that another one of his first actions was to issue a waiver to that rule so that he could appoint a defense contractor lobbyist as the second in charge at the pentagon...Read More
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