To me it's just one more example of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.

And as to the whole "vote the right people in and this won't happen" thing, that is just ridiculous. No one individual in the government hierarchy has the power or authority to make a difference. Not even the President. I don't care how noble the intentions or how much their heart is in the right place, the bureaucratic process means they can't do diddly.

Every concept or idea or plan has to be approved by so many other people, and make it through so much red tape, trying to change things is futile at best. Even if you elected say a congressman who really wanted to change things. The odds of that one person being able to convince all the other members of congress to go along with his or her plan, as well as getting everyone else who has a say in the matter to agree are infinitesimal at best.

So, despite campaign promises and good intentions, the odds of the government ever waking up and doing the right thing are about as good as winning four different state lotteries in the same day with the same numbers. Greed and corruption will always win, and the rest of us just have to deal with it as best we can.

Gale