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Americans oblivious to their economic fate

26 April 2008, 22:53

Over the past year the U.S. Presidential race has provided many key indicators of a core problem involving the existing economic meltdown. Of all the candidates, only Ron Paul comprehensively addressed the costs of empire, the waste in military expenditures, the manipulation by the Fed to prop up Globalization, etc. For the sake of argument, let’s say he was absolutely wrong on every point. Nonetheless, he accentuated the issues for debate. Sadly, the media in general and the public at large ignored his discourse.

Now Americans are left with McCain who has no objection to sustaining the Neocon empire, Clitnon who has supported the Neocon aims all along but yet insists that she’s going to provide gifts and bonuses to the middle class simply based on her husband’s reputation for bolstering the economy - which included massive deregulations that enabled financial institutions to exploit NAFTA and credit-based entanglements - and Obama, who’s attempting to be a moderate.

The problem with Obama, by far the best of the three, is that he wants to "bring along the American people." Really? That would be great if they had a semblance of what’s happening, but they’re woefully ignorant. At this point they’re not actually looking for leadership, but handouts to compensate for the fact the middle class has been robbed since Reagan. Yet, somehow, they’re generally sympathetic to those Reagan "ideals" of hard working people getting what they deserve in "Free Markets." Free? Yeah for the top dogs who have stripped away countless good jobs, pensions plans, and opportunites for common folks.

And nowhere is there an objection to the Plunge Protection Team(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plunge...) stepping in to float the markets, save the banks or perpetuate bad, corrupt practices since their efforts have rewarded investors with dividends. Hey, Americans seem to be saying, as long as I get mine I don’t give a rat’s ass about the collective.

If "the people" really understood what’s happening there might be room for hope. Instead, they’ve turned over their collective destiny to a bunch of Neocons who are ruining America for the sake of saving it, or at least that’s what they say they’re doing.

Is it too late for people to wake up and effectively react? If the PA primary was any indication, yes.