The Real Terrorists

If you think that the current economic collapse is a result of anything other than the result of more than a decades efforts by Wall Street, Federal Regulators, Congress, banks and mega-companies than this excellent graph by Jess Bachman of Wall Stats for Barry Ritzholtz’s book Bailout Nation should blow your understanding apart. anatomy-of-a-crash.png 1029×792 pixels.

For the past 28 years, the GOP and corporate America has been beating one drum louder than all the rest; big government is bad and it should stay out of business’ way. They have worked tirelessly and systematically to rip apart this nation and what little safeguards it held for workers, their jobs, a hope (…)