The Immoral American Economy

There are some mistakes so ridiculous and so deadly that only experts can make them. That’s happening now, every time some economist or policy wonk or government official or business “leader” comes up with some new plan to bail out the economy or some new rationale for keeping the status quo. For today’s economic crisis is the product of a moral self-delusion. And neither Adam Smith’s invisible hand nor all the upturned palms of corporate America nor all the fists in government can solve it.

Sarah Palin, Savior of the Two-Party System

Sarah Palin, Savior of the Two-Party System They want you stupid.  They want you trivial.  They want you numbed with a counterpoint of apathy, denial and transient, unsustainable enthusiasm and/or resentment.  That’s the only way the bipartisan imperium that controls us-”governs” is too honorable a word-can keep the racket going. It has been said, correctly, [...]