Idiot(s) of the Week

"It is sad to see that the U.S. Congress is having trouble even passing just $24 billion for unemployment insurance at a time when the economy is weak and unemployment is at nearly 10 percent. This shows the power of right-wing ideology in this country: Even the simplest, smallest and most obvious steps to relieve economic misery can be held back."

We have reached a crucial moment. We can either stimulate our economy now, or we can sit back and watch the continued erosion of the American spirit. An accompanying human disaster awaits us unless Congress can find its brain.

This week's Idiot of the Week award goes in a landslide to all the politicians in America who are unwilling to help our people in these disastrous times.

All I have to say is fuck you guys, and congratulations! You have in your Reaganesque stupidity managed to remodel the entirety of the above building into a "Ship of Fools."

Mark Weisbrot explains what is at stake given our present situation in this CounterPunch article.


TS