Saturday, March 22, 2014

March 22 214: THE FOLKS WHO BROUGHT YOU THE GREAT RECESSION—WITH A CAST OF MILLIONS, AND WHO WERE BAILED OUT AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE—RECEIVED THE THIRD HIGHEST BONUSES ON RECORD IN 2013—IS THIS U.S. CAPITALISM AT ITS FINEST OR WHAT? I THINK IT’S WHAT…

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners.

E. Joseph Cossman


Source: Quartz

The harm done to this country--and to many others—by the Great Recession was so enormous that it beggars belief. It’s consequences will be with us for generations.The amount of misery it has caused is incalculable—but on a scale comparable to that of war criminals.

Yet has there been justice?

There has been none.

This is inexcusable—and does not bode well for our future. It does indicate that those who govern us are a plutocracy controlled by the super rich for the super rich and that our democracy is no more than a façade.

There are many wonderful people in this country—talented, energetic, innovative, and caring—but the wrong people are getting to the top.

It shows.


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