I think many of us here feel the same way. The only reason I posted is that I think too often the "messengers" take the heat that should be applied to the politicians who created the problem.
Our system that Lincoln said was "Of the people, by the people and for the people" has become anything but. The politicians see it as an "anger management" problem: divert the peasants with bread and circuses so they keep on producing tax money for our benefit, and don't become so angry they rise up with pitchforks and destroy us when they understand who's really pulling the puppet strings.
“The only reason I posted is that I think too often the “messengers” take the heat that should be applied to the politicians who created the problem.”
Of course, politicians should be “blamed”, but beyond that, have they been held to account? I know this is simplistic, but these politicians are voted into office time and time again by some of “us”.
My point? Unless they can show a record of voting the bad actors out of office, the American voters who keep these politicians in office have collectively created most of the problems we now face, and deserve to be called out.
The electorate took a step in the right direction during the 2010 elections, and we’ll see if that will continue in about 4 months. If Obama is reelected and/or liberal progressive Senators remain in power following the 2012 elections (as well as the state/local candidates), then “we the people” have failed to hold the bad actors to account...and the country will suffer the consequences once again.