Upcoming...Crooks, the Fed and Congressional Responsibility

Today has been a little trying.  My son-in-law was 2 1/2 hours into a fourteen hour trip when his 1990 something car broke down...again...in the middle of booney-land.  My daughter had to drop everything, get their pets watched over, rearrange commitments she had in the community and dash off to pick up her husband.  Tomorrow, she should be able to get him to his destination and then make the long trip back, by herself, on Friday.  (Luckily, a good friend offered to make the five plus hour trip and tow my children's tattered vehicle home for them.)

In order for me to make a point, you have had to suffer through this sad, but very common tale of life in non-wealthy American class.  My children, like so many families today, are barely making a living.  Affording a new car, boarding their pets or towing and repairing their old broken down wreck are out of the question.  They have a circle of friends who all help each other out because there is no money in anyone's coffer.  Point?  We cannot afford to continue programs benefiting the rich when we are scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Now to the nitty-gritty.  Over the past few blogs, I have attacked excesses in the Legislative Budget and petitioned everyone in the USA to start calling, writing, emailing and faxing these parasites demanding they make massive salary cuts, staff reductions and expenses across the board in their budget BEFORE they ever cut programs for the middle and poorer folks in this country.  But now, I want to dig deeper into earmarks, soft-earmarks, money and gifts received from lobbyists and other benefactors and times Congress ignores really BAAAAADDDDDD things.

Starting tomorrow, I'll explore why the criminals involved in the sub prime mortgage fiasco were never prosecuted, whom they are, who let them walk, and the billions they could have paid back to the American taxpayers.

The Federal Reserve will share the spotlight.  What is it?  Who runs it and owns it?   What is its relationship with our ever-growing divide between the rich and poor?  How is it intertwined with the budget and the economy?

Finally, the full extent of our financial nightmare, all its blame and who's responsibility it is to fix this mess is going to land smack-dab in the laps of the only people in this country who can make things right...our Congressional representatives.

See you tomorrow...Have a good sleep!