Weekend Economists Reminisce: Black Monday October 19, 1987-2012

[mother earth]

64. SMW is must reading at DU. I cannot possibly thank all of you enough. Each day all of you

contributing to these threads show us positively despite how superior the citizens of this country feel they are, they are completely and unabashedly being screwed over on a constant basis. It isn't just rMoney who has romnesia, masses of us do. As a nation, WE just don't get it...still...the illusion of fairness,
accountability and honesty...still has a majority thinking somehow we will pull through GW's depression & Obama should have been able to do more during his time. If you don't get the sheer magnitude of the screw-over to this country, you really need to wake the fuck up.

The fact of the matter is it will take years for this flippin mess to be cleaned up, if it is possible for it to ever be cleaned up without trashing it all, clearing the slate and starting anew. I suspect that is exactly what it will take.

I cannot fathom for the life of me, how any sane person could vote for a rethug in this coming election after the carnage that was wrought with the exit of the two biggest criminals ever leaving us in this mess, nor can I fathom how we were able to "forget" and move on with the new admin, four years ago. I knew then how deep this hole is, when the top level is afraid to call it what it was/is.

The destruction of our economy was, indeed, an inside job, and ahead of us lies two roads. One that will take us immediately into hell with a romnesia prerequisite, and the other that will involve years of clean up duty, reform and work and still may not be accomplished four more years from now. Centrism and middle of the road is stagnation. Bipartisanship be damned.

Do we have it in us to realize exactly what our country has become & deal with it effectively to ensure this road is never visited again?
Hell, the jury is out on that one. The only positive to take away is that day by day we are seeing proof of our collective enabling of this illusion. What's it going to take to snap us out of this nightmare? The entitlement and greed is at the top, the trickle down is their urine, plain and simple.