Krugman: Recession ‘gratuitous’ because if Congress created jobs program it ‘would all be over’

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31. Was thinking the same thing. Our government is ineffective because

the majority of elected officials are ineffective. Most senators and congressmen are there to represent special interests only and are blind or willfully ignorant of basic civics. Am I crazy to think that the role of government is to protect the interests of people and regulate businesses towards that end rather than the other way around? Instead it's become a cash cow for large corporations and a vehicle for a few rich people to skew the rules in their favor. We live in a hellish world not because "that's just the way it is" (like gravity) but because of the bone headed greed and ignorance of people who happen to find themselves in a position of power. The answers are out there to fix pretty much all our problems but it's the lack of political will that prevents their implementation.

Seriously, what an asshole Reagan was for saying that government is the problem (and fuck all those who still believe him). Those who think like that are a real problem.