tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post5057776341941902332..comments2024-02-16T09:00:32.845-06:00Comments on FromDC2Iowa: What Brazil Can Teach AmericaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-25274733396989272902011-09-01T15:21:53.982-05:002011-09-01T15:21:53.982-05:00It is unfortunate that the United States was unwil...It is unfortunate that the United States was unwilling to impose more substantial regulations on the financial sector post-financial crisis. The fact that Brazil [i]did[/i] pass additional regulations on its financial sector in light of the financial crisis, and recovered more quickly, lends a great deal of support to proponents of such regulations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-26628792808855616912011-08-04T12:06:21.478-05:002011-08-04T12:06:21.478-05:00Stanley Greenberg's article in the Sunday NYT:...Stanley Greenberg's article in the Sunday NYT:<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/opinion/sunday/tuning-out-the-democrats.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all<br /><br />"This distrust of government and politicians is unfolding as a full-blown crisis of legitimacy sidelines Democrats and liberalism. Just a quarter of the country is optimistic about our system of government — the lowest since polls by ABC and others began asking this question in 1974. But a crisis of government legitimacy is a crisis of liberalism. It doesn’t hurt Republicans. If government is seen as useless, what is the point of electing Democrats who aim to use government to advance some public end? "Steve Groenewoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09374402353778207873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30130444.post-10017741051202816202011-08-04T10:57:46.062-05:002011-08-04T10:57:46.062-05:00I feel you, brother. Months like the ones we'...I feel you, brother. Months like the ones we've just had leave you feeling this country's no longer in the business of accomplishing anything important.<br /><br />Our government has proved it no longer can function effectively. For some, that's mission accomplished. What's unfortunate is that when you paint government as the root of all evil, you blunt the tools which should be in use building the foundation upon which citizens can prosper.<br /><br />A country run by corporations is not a nation that sponsors the American Dream. Rather, it is one which fosters a gimme-gimme-gimme society tainted by mistrust, disdain and misplaced righteousness.Steve Groenewoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09374402353778207873noreply@blogger.com