Very perceptive Bowz.

And this:
>"Would we rather see the government buy a wealthy person's bad investments so as to keep that person wealthy while watching babies health care neglected? What kind of priorities are that? It will not survive long as a banana republic.

I don't understand how middle-class people have been persuaded to work against themselves, but it's happened. "

It started with Reagan's economic policies. And the two Bush presidencies were just icing on the cake. An opportunity to loot the system. Somewhere I have a great article from an old Utne Reader on how this was allowed to happen. Written by George Stephanopoulos back around 15 years ago. It was a warning about the Great Economic Divide that was to happen in this country and the eradication of the middle class and opportunity. The numbers and graphs were impressive, and they foretold todays' collapse.