Is Government Really Powerless? (We Must Move Beyond Delusional Thinking About Austerity Creating Anything But More Poverty)

Paul Krugman wrote yesterday that it looks like Europe is going down the drain (so to speak) due to the austerity master no-minds in charge. The economies have gotten much worse since the medicine (poison) of Austerity Politics was judged appropriate and tenderly administered to the dying victim.

Dr. Krugman says he understands why "influential people are reluctant to admit that policy ideas they though reflected deep wisdom actually amounted to utter, destructive folly," but my much-considered thought is what if the real reason we're going off the Austerity cliff is that those paying the loudmouth political clown circus and enabling media to perform are just licking their lips awaiting those very cheap deals at the bottom of the cliff?

It became obvious to me during the Bush/Cheney years that the movers and shakers (owners) of that blood-spattered time were sociopaths if not psychopaths, who had absolutely no feeling for others or understanding of the pain they inflicted on the innocent, let alone the continuing damage on their own civilization (outside of their cloistered environments, of course). But it was great job creation (for them), wasn't it?

And as to the momentous increase of the wealth of those at the top of economic pyramid, have you wondered what sort of crime spree you'd have to go on to afford living in their neighborhoods?

You might need to get into finance.

And try to get Goldman Sachs to hire you.

My buddy Mike B has the following concerns for our evaluation. Take a long look if you have the time.

http://mikeb302000.blogspot.com/2012/02/good-cop-or-gun-happy.html