In 2006, journalist Christopher Hayes wrote a little-noticed article for In These Times magazine about a proposal in Oregon to crack down on predatory lending. The initiative had become so popular that conservative legislators supported it fearing that if it were put on the state’s ballot, the resulting gusher of grassroots support would not only ratify the measure, but depose the… return to article
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Reader Comments (1)Page 1 of 1 pagesI wish I could share this optimistic outlook. It appears to me that the public is too enamored of Obama’s personable rush of activity—too enamored to notice that his economic team, Summers, Geithner, etc., were major players on the team that got us into this mess and that they’re pushing the same old plans and policies that perpetuate, enrich and protect government of the oligarchy, by the oligarchy and for the oligarchy. Change we can believe in? Not a chance!
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