All that the commentary gave for solutions, was that this is "no time for business as usual." In merely reporting on ways that Congress was gridlocked over raising the debt ceiling, and Standard & Poor's (S&P) analysts lowering the US credit rating (from AA+ to AAA), the Statesman commentator did very little to actually give opinion on how solutions could be derived for this crises of debt but merely shook a finger at the legislative branch for not playing nicely.
This article was really geared towards anyone who cares to read the editorials and has an inclining as to what is going on in the world of United States finance games. However, the main critique I can offer is that there was no critical thought put in on how there could be some resolve. Again commentary was relegated to "...we cannot afford politics as usual." This is all fine and well, but what remains clear in the eyes of most Americans who work very hard to be taxed 35% of their income, who can barely afford privatized health care, who can barely afford to feed themselves (let alone if they have children), who are swimming in student loan debt (if they decided to pursue higher education), and feel that they have absolutely no voice in the democratic process that the United States claims to be the champions of.
I would offer this simple analysis of the situation at hand, and how to resolve it. Get money out of politics. It is painfully obvious that the voices of the people are being by and large, stifled by the dollar signs of multi-national companies (excuse me, conglomerates) and banking lobbyists to push their agendas through the legislative branch. No wonder we are in the debacle we are in. Nothing is being done because it is convenient for these mega-corporations to get their agenda across (no taxing the rich please, but they will take tax subsidies with a side of immunity for the catastrophic downfall of the economy) when there is no regard whatsoever for the people who are working so very hard to make ends meet.
It was clear that President Obama truly did not have the interest of the people in mind when he made his appointments into his administration by picking purely Wall St. bred individuals with the bottom line in mind. Mr. Timothy Geitner, need I remind you, just got the largest, and possibly most underhanded promotion of his life. From Federal Reserve Branch President in NY to the Secretary of the Treasury, where Mr. Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, has him in his right pocket. The central bank controls the inflation rate. "Oh we're in debt! Let's just print more money." While the conglomerates collect their tax subsidies, pillage the Earth for capital gain, and silence the voices that may have dissenting opinions with their lobbyists get to walk away quietly with their giant pay checks.
Lobbying is just a glorified word for bribery.
If the mafia pays off a senator, that would be seen as corrupt. So what is the difference in a giant corporation does the same? Corporate personhood allows for these inordinate sums of money to be donned to the politicians because they have "Corporate personhood," and are therefore protected under law and can donate under the guise of "free speech."
I'm sorry, but I refuse to believe that a corporation is a person until Rick Perry puts one on death row.
Complex problem, simple solution. Return the power back to the people. Remove the money from politics, and then maybe, just maybe the politicians will actually operate with the people in mind. Until then, we can watch the stock market yo-yo up and down, we can collect food stamps (but if you make a penny over the allotted mark you cannot qualify) which puts more pressure on the shrinking middle and expanding working classes (35% tax rate), continue to do what you are told (remember that everything is fine, you just need to shop more. Why are you reading this? You are wasting valuable shopping time!), and just continue to put false hope into a system that is continually failing the people with the faith that they might just decline that next donation from Lockheed-Martin or Exxon-Mobile and listen to what you actually have to say on the matter.
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