Well, Q... We agree 100% that only "a concerted effort by government and society can improve the situation"...

BIG Business has looked around and seen the "perfect storm"... To them that is a 10% unemployment rat and only 12% of workers covered by unions... That means that Boss Hog can whip his workers that much harder to get even one more ounce of productivity of of him or her and not have to hire anyone else...

There was a reason why unions rose during the early parts of the 20th century and that reason was that Boss Hog was workin' his employees like slaves... We are back to that point... I have three son-inlaws and they are all in that corpoarte grinder... One works 60 hours a week for Kraft Foods... Another one, also workin' 60 hours a week, works for Sylvan Polls... The 3rd, also working 60 hours a week works for a major hotel chain as a chef...

This is reality...

The middle class is gettin' it from both ends... Boss hog has his foot on their necks and the preditory lenders their foot on their necks...

I'm glad to have come up in a time when it was possible to make a living, pays yer bills and maybe put a little back for the future... I was ****very**** lucky to have come up in such times... There weren't "payday lender" on every corner... Yeah, you heard of the Mafia and "loan sharks" but that was mostly in movies... Those movies have become reality for tens of millions of Americans...

This is today's reality, Q... And it ain't all that pretty... Or Christain... Or caring... It's all a fuckin' ripoff of the middle class... No, make that the ****WORKING**** class... The pricks that profit from this "perfect storm" are nuthin' but crooks... They are as un-American as un-American can be... They are driven by Satan and by greed... And guess what??? All with the blessing of the government???

B~