Yep and Congress would have us all believe that they are an agency, or entity that operates outside of any government control who governs themselves and makes tax policy. Kinda like the Fed who are just as corrupted. First an foremost its the President that appoints the Treasury Secretary as within the Bush Administration with Henry Paulson, then the Congress nominates or affirms their position as with Geitner who becomes the Head of the IRS. Just like Greenspan who manipulated the market, just like the Rating Agencies who lied about those CDO's having triple A ratings that were little more than junk. Its a system of pure corruption, evil in many respects because of all the cheats,lies, and unadulterated greed. Not much has changed since the creation of this government. It was founded on blood, and corruption, and the hunger for power to control no matter the cost. The wheels that spun it were primarily those who had the money, and connections. There was a time when Presidents were elected by the inner circle of power, not the people, the voice of the people had no say, and if the Electoral College wanted to keep things this way. To some degree they have, politicians once in become so arrogant they don't believe they need the people to reelect them, just big business, just like Joe Leiberman, just like Joe Biden prior to his VP position..............We have become the 2nd Great Britian, a system of plutocracy.............
Remember this?, the time when the money just could not be found for the soldiers fighting in Iraq, for gear, for armor, parents were buying their sons and daughters cavilier vest to help protect them. But these politicians can find a trillion to hand out to public corporations, "Wall Street" crooks. Most Americans were hostile and opposed to such a ludicrous idea, most wanted to see the bums who brought this on in handcuffs. But what came out of it?........big time parties at high end resorts, multimillion dollar salaries, and lotterty bonuses.
Most of it will never get paid back, like Aig, like the big 3, like the Banks, free money for those who brought down world economies, and caused the unemployment levels to rise at accelerated rates.
Along the way those who were honest and wanted to make a difference for our country, and its people, who wanted real change decades ago, got swept under the rug by future ass's who ran on lies and deceit, and got elected, and then were willing to sell their office, and this country down the river due to their greed and incompetence. There is an end to this path they've chosen it will reveal itself in time.
