Is President Obama a corporatist?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6912830Thy shall not mock Dear Leader.
Sancho (3,859 posts)
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Because of his introduction and support of the TPP, some have accused Obama of being in the pockets of big business, and willing to sacrifice American jobs for some unknown dollars. Personally I really doubt it. Obama may make mistakes, and he may get bad advice from those around him, but he is not stupid.
After his eulogy and all the pronouncements after Supreme Court victories this week, I can't help but think he is sincere. I also can't help but think that he has a pretty good grasp on the realities of Congress and the world we live in today. Is there any doubt that his heart is in the right place?
Maybe the final TPP will be a disaster, maybe not, but I can't believe that Obama will sign a trade agreement that he knows will be bad for workers only to benefit more and more profits for big corporations. Whatever he puts on the table, I believe he thinks it is a good international agreement.
We have seen that Obama will accept a compromise - and the ACA is a compromise compared to a single-payer system, but we can also anticipate that Medicare for all or universal health care is the next step after ACA. He takes what he can get, and I think he knows the camel's nose is under the tent on healthcare now.
So, can we take Obama's word that the TPP will eventually be presented to Congress as something that's good for American jobs? Is trashing Obama as a corporatist, a Wall Street shill, and an economic traitor fair criticism? Whatever is in the final TPP, I have confidence that Obama won't present it or sign it if he thinks it's bad. He may think it's a compromise, but he won't support something that's clearly wrong.
I cannot believe the President we saw this week is the one being characterized as anti-American workers.
LondonReign2 (4,021 posts)
3. Obama himself told us that his economic policies are 1980's Republican
I think it is time people realize he told us the truth.
So, you are saying, Obama is a conservative? By your thinking, Joseph Stalin is a right winger.
DemocratSinceBirth (54,808 posts)
4. I eschew labels...
Corporations are a fixture of American life, they are fixture of anyone's life not living in a state of nature. I just want them to live by the rules the rest of us do. They can not be made to go away.
Yet, you like labels.
Starry Messenger (26,225 posts)
20. The Democratic Party is never going to bring down
corporations. I learned that a long time ago. You can wring some concessions out of them for workers, which is more than we will ever get from the Republicans.
Any restraint on corporate power is going to have to come from us.
Isn't DU a corporation?
polichick (35,723 posts)
42. It's not just the TPP, but every step of the way he puts corporations first...
Right down to his administration officials.
This president "evolved" on gay marriage - basically following the political winds.
This president talks a good game but his justice dept. has failed to jail the banksters, yet non-violent drug offenders still languish in prison when he could pardon many of them.
The ACA has been great for insurance corps. - Americans deserve Medicare for all.
Is BP still operating in the Gulf? Has the arctic been opened to oil corps?
I could go on and on.
You better believe this president is a corporatist!
So, you're saying Obama goes by the wind when it comes to gay marriage. He just an opportunist?
Obama's DOJ has become the Department Of Injustice Collecting. You DUmmies were for ACA and you call that corporatist?????????
Wow! You guys are never happy!
