[quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
Wake up and smell the lucre, Bubba. Its a rigged game. As the old saw goes: If you can’t find the sucker in the game, chances are its YOU.[/quote]

In any society, people at the very top will always get protected. There’s no way around that.

We just need to make sure the powerful don’t abuse their power too much.

Like I said before, I don’t believe in all or nothing. I’d rather end up with something rather than nothing.

You already know my feelings about incremental improvements over time. I think of small improvements as compound interest that add up to a lot over decades.

Do you want a fixer house or nothing at all while you hope for that dream house?[/quote]

Brian: Again, you offer half-assed and nothing as my options, but you fail to address the third option.

If the Dems exist as the “party of the people” and are there to curb the worst excesses of the Republicans (and I don’t disagree with this, either, by the way) and the Dems control both Congress and the presidency, why aren’t the Dems going full bore after substantive and enforceable regulation?

Its a fair question, but one you won’t answer. Instead, you come back with the “thin soup is better than no soup” response, which is a complete dodge.

What are your thoughts on the Dodd bill? Do you feel it has teeth? Do you think it is sweeping legislation that will offer true reform?

Again, don’t come back with some bilious aphorism: Answer the questions.