We have a system that sucks and is so overwhelmingly manipulated it is a joke. There are very limited opportunities to ever make any real change and when the sh-t hit the fan in 2007/2008 the opportunity was right there. The government failed.
Democrat or Republican will not make any difference and the perpetuation of crap will continue. Bush failed and president you have a man crush on has been just as much of a failure. Wall Street is more powerful then ever and record profits have been recorded under the Obama regime. He is no better or no worse then his predecessors so I am not blaming him at all. He is just doing what they all have done with respect to Wall Street.
Whining about the pain is like a child being afraid of a shot to get better. To think there is a way to ease into this sort of change you are deluding yourself.