Thinking About Playing the Blame Game

So, the economy is in ruins. Many are thinking that the blame for it all trickles up to the policies of the Federal Reserve.

But here’s what I’m thinking:

I’m thinking that this is the fault of the taxpayers. If it hadn’t been for our stinginess regarding contributions to public education over the past thirty years, we might have had a shot at having someone trained by now to be able to fix this mess we’re in, But we’ve stubbornly stuck with our chosen system of electing new idiots to take over from the old idiots. And, of course, politicians are still suggesting budget reductions in schools. This is only because they are afraid of the possibility that an improved education system may produce a graduate smart enough to know the depths to which our leaders have screwed us over.

I’m also thinking that the blame falls squarely on the shoulders of late-night TV watchers. Yes, infomercials are the true culprit. People watched and bought real estate with no money down. The housing market has now collapsed. People followed the suggestions from the Debt Cures and Debt Reduction series and learned how to go bankrupt without losing any of their assets. Now banks are being bailed out with pretty much all our money. Our restless population of insomniacs also learned how to become amateur day traders. And the stock market takes a dive. Could these links just be sheer coincidence? I think not.

But most of all I’m thinking that, while we wasted decades worrying about Communism infiltrating the world like a chain of falling dominos, Capitalism snuck right up and bit us on the ass. Either way, all the money and power wound up in the hands of the few and the rest of us got a hard way to go. What has really happened to America is that the Commies have finally won.