Great article. I like it plenty -- more people need to understand just how screwed up our system is, and how truly screwed most of us are.

Europeans get to enjoy at least four weeks of paid vacation, in addition to their sick leave, etc. Why do Americans settle for less than half as much? Why, in fact, do so many fear to leave their posts even for a lousy two weeks?

A related point I learned recently, regarding the widely publicized fact that curernt gov't tax policy benefits the richest 2% of us at the expense of everyone else:

26% percent of respondants (to a particular poll) believe themselves to be in the top 2%.

I was amazed to read this; I thought human nature was to bitch and moan, but apparently these days wishful thinking trumps bellyaching.