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The part about setting up a governmental bank to lend directly to business seems relevant. And the part about congress being bought reminds me of the patent dis

• anigbrowl 15y ago
  Yes, for a few reasons. Sure, I think money has had a corrupting influence on Congress, to the point of regulatory capture of legislatures by business in many cases. But: - It's misleading to just say everyone in Congress is bought, as if tall legislators were equally corrupt. This discourages analysis rather than promoting it. - while I think an infrastructure bank is a good idea and should have been implemented back in Spring 2009, the idea that the President can just bring one into being by fiat is laughable. - particularly a President that ~20% of the electorate entertains wild conspiracy theories about. - it was said of Teddy Roosevelt: 'You must always remember that the President is about six.' I feel the same way about the emotional maturity of people who wish the President would solve problems by thumping a bully pulpit or swinging a big stick. Not that I'm endorsing Obama's apparent passivity in the face on Congressional instransigence; he puts me in mind of Taft, another well-meaning but unworldly executive.