# Obama and Change

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-change/440226>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 5, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-change/440226 "2008-03-05T20:06:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-and-change/440226/21 "2008-03-07T05:07:10Z")

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[QUOTE=Sam Stone]  
Obama is planning to reach the hand of government into business affairs to a much greater extent than in the past. He plans to ‘manage’ business through new incentives and punishments. [  
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Right because a lack of regulation has worked out so well for us recently.

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> Anyone who thinks this will bring with it a reduction in lobbying activity, lower corruption, and lower the influence of big money in politics is smoking something.

I think his big ticket items are transparency in government; an active and aware electorate; and having a large enough popular support to get things through the congress.

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> That’s the only way. Politicians have been promising to end corruption in government for as long as there has been government. It \*never works. Power corrupts.

Transparency will go a long way to preventing corruption (if the press does its job).

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