The US is like a lottery winner who blew it all on beanie babies [View All]

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

We once had a lot of collective wealth. We could have had the greatest mass transport in the world, we could have had the best government health system in the world, we could have had the best education in the world, we could have invested in alternative energies, we could have had sound fiscal policies that would have protected the dollar and avoided deficits.

And we have none of the above. Why not? Greed! The greed of our representatives who saw nothing wrong with selling off our country bit by bit to the highest seller as long as they themselves and their cronies and their families and their companies became rich at everyone else's expense. How is it that almost everyone who enters politics manages to amass personal fortunes after just a few years? How come so many become lobbyists for industries that they once oversaw? Why is such a blind eye turned to fraud and malfeasance? How come NO ONE wants to file or investigate ethics complaints? We are just as corrupt as any third world despotic regime - we just have a finer veneer. And it's wearing thin. We spend billions and billions and billions of dollars - where the hell is it?