KRUGMAN: On "Permanent Class Of Jobless Americans"-"Let’s be clear: this is a policy decision."

[chervilant]

92. I notice that

your rather erudite summation of the glaring "missteps" of the current administration has garnered a thunderous sound of silence.

...or, is it crickets?

Neither of our "two parties" resemble the parties with which I came of age. My father was IBEW all the way, and encouraged me to read and understand everything about Watergate (the only thing he liked about Tricky Dick was the pardon he gave 'felons' charged with possessing small amounts of marijuana). For many US citizens, Watergate was the iconic unveiling of the "man" behind the curtain.

We MUST get beyond these discussions that deteriorate into derisive and divisive comparisons of the "two parties." The ruthless corporate megalomaniacs own and control our media, our politics, AND our global economy. The "two parties" do THEIR bidding, throwing us little folk a pathetic bone every so often, primarily to succor anew the derision and divisiveness--a distracted citizenry is much easier to control.