Svelte: You think the shit we’re in is simply a result of just the last eight years? No way. Bush was simply finishing what others had started long before he took office, Republican AND Democrat.
You think Barney Frank’s hands are cleaner than Phil Gramm’s? Or Chris Dodd’s, for that matter?
No politician on either side of the aisle wants to step up and tell the American people the truth about the true state of this country. You think this shit is a mess? Wait until you catch a whiff of the biggest unfunded liability on the planet: Medicare and Social Security. You’re talking $80Trn to $100Trn; numbers that absolutely dwarf the present crisis, both in terms of sheer magnitude and societal impact.
Have you heard anything about that? Nope. Think you will? Nope. It’s political suicide.
