"The Rest of Us" Are Bigger Than We Thought

I will agree with you that Obama will need to go in 2012. I hope that whoever it is that replaces him will at least be able to fix things.

I can understand your anger, at losing a family business I am really interested though on how it occurred. This seems to be the quiet truth behind the frustration no one wants to talk about. That is if you do not mind sharing.

That is harsh, yes it answers a big question on my end because my bank, which was doing good and was actually people friendly got shut down, and replace by a monstrosity. I suspected it as political also in the sense of they were targeting small banks, which were too solid to take out of business by any other means. It was just an suspicion on my end but you just confirmed in in so many words here.

Socrates, I am open to whatever party gives us a good candidate...

If they can get the word out to get things fixed, and away from all the negative media, while maintaining a neutral position fine.

I did kind of grimace a little at the attacks on the tea party, however there is a point to it, if anything the Tea party does needs to work on controlling their message.

I think you are right Socrates, but I think this points more to a standard of living issues (purchasing power) when you can say that almost 50% of American families are struggling to make ends meet.

To actually think it is recognized enough by politicians, that they had to pass a tax law to make up for this discrepancy... I am sure most American families would much prefer a higher income then some earned income credit... This in my opinion is where the issue actually is. It is policies and an allowance over the years for a slow devaluation of compensation, which has brought us to this crossroads.