And even those who "get it" have the luxury of living in gated communities, have bodyguards and people to do their shopping for them. They are insulated, and don't care about ordinary Americans who are not only putting up with the mess, but are forced to finance it.
Everyone we know is leaving or working on leaving. Most of our friends are in law enforcement or firefighting and they know how bad it really is.
As they have retired or set dates for retirement they all have bot property out of state.
We are leaving summer of '07.