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Congress is currently in session debating the largest financial rescue plan since the Great Depression. The last I heard, the package would amount to $700 Billion dollars.
The thing that bothers me the most about this this financial crisis is that the average citizen does not seem to be angry. Anger is a natural human emotion and is not always negative. In fact, sometimes it's needed for survival.
I believe that in some cases change cannot take place until their is collective anger. Our largest financial corporations have done a number on American citizens. The U.S. government was simply negligent in their fiduciary duty to its people.
We, our children, grandchildren and perhaps even our great-grandchildren will be paying now be on the hook for a sum of money that could eventually approach one trillion dollars. This comes at a time when two expensive wars are being fought on foreign soil, not to mention the domestic war on terrorism. This is all occurring while while 40 million Americans are without health insurance and the cost of health care is spiraling out of control. Both our government and corporate leadership has simply let us down.
Could someone please tell me why the average citizen is not angry about what is now taking place? I do not believe that any significant and meaningful change will transpire until people become mad about the unfairness of what is currently taking place in our country.
Do you remember the movie, Network? We desperately need some people like these who are willing to open up their windows and shout out, "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!!"
The thing that bothers me the most about this this financial crisis is that the average citizen does not seem to be angry. Anger is a natural human emotion and is not always negative. In fact, sometimes it's needed for survival.
I believe that in some cases change cannot take place until their is collective anger. Our largest financial corporations have done a number on American citizens. The U.S. government was simply negligent in their fiduciary duty to its people.
We, our children, grandchildren and perhaps even our great-grandchildren will be paying now be on the hook for a sum of money that could eventually approach one trillion dollars. This comes at a time when two expensive wars are being fought on foreign soil, not to mention the domestic war on terrorism. This is all occurring while while 40 million Americans are without health insurance and the cost of health care is spiraling out of control. Both our government and corporate leadership has simply let us down.
Could someone please tell me why the average citizen is not angry about what is now taking place? I do not believe that any significant and meaningful change will transpire until people become mad about the unfairness of what is currently taking place in our country.
Do you remember the movie, Network? We desperately need some people like these who are willing to open up their windows and shout out, "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!!"