Tom Friedman in the NYTimes says:
"So I have a question: If I am rooting for General Motors to go bankrupt and be bought out by Toyota, does that make me a bad person?"
Answer: YES!
The problem with Friedman is that he has given up on America and Americans....
BUT THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT THOSE WHO WOULD LOOT THE AMERICAN ECONOMY--LIKE GREEDSPAN, WALL STREET AND THE REPUBLICANS ARE
TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL.....
Only when the Culture of Greed is defeated and appropriate policies are in place can Americans recover from their current economic nightmare....
The De-Industrialization has continued for over 20 years and it can not be reversed over-night.
But National Health Care and it's resulting benefits, (like contolling malpractice costs, etc), is the first step....
TO A GREAT EXTENT AMERICA'S DOWNWARD SPRIAL IS BEING CAUSED BY THE CORRUPT ELITES TRYING TO DRAIN THE LAST PENNY OUT OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.....how else can you explain the huge tax cuts for the rich and abolishing of the estate tax, and limitations on bankruptcy protections for working people?
But people are wiseing up to the hidden agenda of the Wall Street elites and their Republican shills...EVEN the pitifully Ignorant Religious Right will likely see the errors of their stupidity before the 2006 elections.....
Friedman's constant DEFEATISM TOWARD AMERICA is disturbing and unwarranted.
