“No” Is Killing America

1. Do we have meaningful health care reform . . . NO.
2. Do we have substantive and rigorous regulation of banks and financial institutions . . . NO.
3. Has the credit card industry been brought under control and under strict supervision . . . NO.
4. Have real estate practices and investments been rigorously investigated, detoxified, and simplified . . . NO.
5. Has anything been done to tame Wall Street and to make them more responsive to, and stop betting against America . . . NO.
6. Is there any prospect that the unregulated financial gimmicks that caused catastrophe will be prevented, detected, and prohibited . . . NO.
7. Have those who profited from betting against America be caught and punished, and their practices abolished and criminalized . . . NO.
8. Are the millions of unemployed being helped to find work by our government . . . NO (except for unionized government workers).
9. Has Congress done anything that recognizes how responsible they are for all the disasters we suffered in the last year and a half, including past similar disasters . . . NO.
10. Should the same people who engineered and profited from the problems they triggered be in charge of fixing things . . . NO.
11. Can the forces of NO actually help us make progress, solve problems, and have a better life . . . NO.
12. Is there anyone currently in Washington, D.C. who can make progress in any of these areas . . . NO.
13. Are the 575 people we elected to run the country doing anything meaningful to move our country forward . . . NO.

My father used to say when in doubt, do something. It’s the only way to find out what comes next that could be better. How can we find someone who can stop the killing and actually help do something?