It isn’t often we find a politician who is both honest and quick in the execution of their plans, but already just a mere three days into his presidency, Barrack Obama has already made two executive orders related to major pillars of his campaign.
In these economic times, Obama believed that the lack of government oversight over the banking industry is one major reason why it is in such a financial crisis. He was also quick to condemn lobbyists working in their own self interest, and said time and time again that he wouldn’t stand for this kind of government corruption.
His first big step in fulfilling his promises came yesterday as he announced that he would freeze his senior staff's pay:
"During this period of economic emergency, families are tightening their belts and so should
Obama also said that he had set an order that people who previously had worked as lobbyists could not work on the matters they had previously lobbied for.
This sends a significant message to me that Obama really meant much of what he said about government oversight, that he believes that people in both private and public sector have had too long a leash and took advantage of it to cut corners ethically. We’ll have to see how he now handles the private sector.
In addition to the aforementioned change, Obama made executive orders relating to CIA prisons and the treatment of “Enemy Combatants” – most notably the eventual shutdown of all CIA secret prisons, including
Both of these orders are in complete contradiction with the previous administration’s policies who believed that in both private and public sector that government oversight was a hindrance and that in this dangerous times that liberties had to be sacrificed to ensure security.
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