It's been a month since I have updated this blog. The reason for this has to do with my having become disgusted by the political and economic climate of these United States. While I have been sitting and watching, the country has gone from bad to worse. The country sits stagnant, while 10% of the populous, give or take, is out of work. You add the people that are no longer looking for employment and those that are under-employed, we are looking at the continuation of 20% of the populous or more that is currently incapable of contributing with any great force to the economy. While this has happened, corporate profits have returned to pre-crash levels, and we are still fighting two wars that should have either not been waged or ended long ago. There will be no second stimulus this fall, as most economists from both the left and right have called for, there will be no positive strides toward full-employment. Foreclosures are on the way up and we will shed a few hundred thousand jobs when the census finishes.
Our President continues to do half-measures to appease the right wing of this country. As opposed to going on the offensive, using his mandate to do something to change the country and send it in a positive direction- he is doing nothing more than throwing money at big companies and welcoming attacks from the right. He passed a health care bill that gives more money to the health care industry, an economic reform bill that does not stop any of the practices that caused the crash, and has yet to move forward on any of his other campaign promises. Meanwhile, the Tea Party continues its faux-populist movement, spurred on by corporatist movements, Fox News, and the crazy wing of the Republican party (which I'm pretty sure is the entire party).
Welcome to the New America. The land of the rich, the poor, and nothing in between.
