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yep, that's about what I think too. he could have done more.

Posted by mafic Jan 10 '17, 18:42

I have a friend (who tangentially is weirdly like the Canadian version of you - of Mexican descent, lawyer, works for the government, has a lot of the same political positions as you, similar temperament) who calls him spineless. I wouldn't go that far, but he was inactive in a lot of ways.

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He had an enormous amount of political capital when he was first elected. Whichever side you fell on, he promised hope. - Loyola Jan 10, 18:46 6
- You only have to recall 2008 as being the height of the credit crash to realize this is mistaken. -- nm - Roger More Jan 10, 19:12 4
  - Stop Roger. Bernanke was pulling the levers on that score. No President blue or red was going to go to the people and say the Chairman of the Federal - Loyola Jan 10, 19:24 2
    - I'm not saying he deserves all the credit, but he deserves some. And not just for the things he did do - TARP and the auto bail-out - but also the - Roger More Jan 10, 19:37 1
      - I get what you're saying. He did what he thought was possible. You can't fault the man for that. But what was possible was a hell of alot more than - Loyola Jan 10, 19:43
  - yeah, the bailouts were fairly monumental as well. -- nm - mafic Jan 10, 19:17
- ACA is a big deal, if it stays. -- nm - mafic Jan 10, 19:06

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yep, that's about what I think too. he could have done more.

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