The economy is expanding, debt-wise, while unemployment is stable...because the prospects of getting a better job have never been dimmer.
Executive compensation is the primary driver of the rising `average' income while `real' wages continue to drop after adjusting for inflation.
The economic numbers continue to rise while economic conditions continue to get worse.
Hell of a pickle, eh?
The mid-term elections are two months away. As David Sirota points out, there will be no `miracles' forthcoming on November 8th.
Nor, given the current political climate, are there any miracles waiting over the horizon.
Mr. Sirota's excellent diary cautions us that our journey towards a more progressive government will be a long, slow process and he's absolutely right.
The question, good citizen, is whether or not we have the luxury of time?
Most of us need a miracle and we needed it yesterday.
If this really is hell then the devil couldn't be more pleased, the misery index is off the charts!
It is times like these that try (hu)men's souls.
On one hand we have the pressing need for change while on the other we have the status quo, who couldn't be happier with the way things presently are.
It's a classic example of that great destroyer of nations, the good of the many vs. the good of the few.
Faith in our decidedly undemocratic form of government has never been lower.
Nowhere do we see our leaders; such as they are, calling for the changes that will put this nation back on track towards sustainable prosperity.
So we're faced with the dilemma of time and how long we can hold on given that more of the same is the only thing being offered.
Change will come, of that there is no doubt. The question, good citizen, is what that change will be?
For too long we have suffered the self-centered decisions of others. Isn't it time we began acting like the interdependent collection of like minded people that we are rather than sub-human savages that are only a half a step away from mortal combat over the last crust of bread?
Because this unseemly situation is only a paycheck or two away for far too many of us.
The only thing that keeps barbarism at bay is the notion that we will be able to continue to provide for ourselves peacefully.
Once we are no longer capable of doing this, all bets are off.
Time good citizen. How much time do we have?
How long are you willing to wait until positive change comes to pass?
Is it two years? Five years? Ten?
Tick-tock, good citizen. While we're waiting, the fabric of society is unraveling.
How long? How long before barbarism replaces civility?
All so a few can be rich.
It wouldn't be the first time that the greed of a few drove an entire civilization right off a cliff.
How long will it take for us to put an end to this deplorable set of circumstances?
I'm waiting...
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner