Chris Dobb, banking reform, health reform

It seems wonderful that our own Senator Merkley worked with Senator Chris Dodd to get a banking reform in place. There’ only one major problem here. I have no faith in Senator Chris Dodd. None at all. Back in 2008, Lou Dobbs reported That Chris Dobb was a leader in putting the Wall Street bailout together, protecting the gold parachutes, high CEO salaries, and the obscene bonuses for the very people that caused the problem. (see http://www.creatingnewworlds.org/wordpress/2008/10/29/politics-chris-dodd-barney-frank-roy-blunt-and-judd-gregg-and-the-bailout/).Chris Dobb got over 13 million dollars from Wall Street over 20 years for his leadership in this. He’s up for reelection this fall, and the people in his home state are hopping mad and Dobb doesn’t stand much chance of winning. So he plays nice to the voters with this bank reform bill. After the election, of course, he can be in the pockets of Wall Street again. Let’s get all these guys out of there.Wait – there’s more. My doctor prescribes two eye drops for me to keep my eye pressure down. Each of these two drugs cost about $90 for a little two inch bottle. I have prescription coverage, but it’s a co-pay with brand drugs and both of these are brand drugs. My co-pay is $45 for each. Why are these tiny bottles of drops so expensive? Because the pharmaceutical and insurance companies pay Congress to let them get away with this. My congressman (Wyden) was paid over 1.5 million by the health industry. That’s not health reform they just gave us.Wake up people – send these guys home!