Interesting read, although this article is from Rolling Stone, not exactly a source for truth and unbiased journalism. Saying any one group of people is somehow engineering recessions for personal gain is a bit obtuse, if you ask me. Yes there are greedy, evil people out there. What this article fails to account for is the repeated warnings about the over-inflation of housing prices and the iminent collapse that was sure to follow. Was Goldmann-Sachs responsible for all the independantly-run mortgage companies that gave out loans the recipients could not afford? This Taibbi guy should watch "A Beautiful Mind" a couple of times. You can find patterns in anything if you look hard enough.
Actually, I found some of the responses to be quite entertaining. One guy praised the "courage" of the writer for taking on this issue. Right, like someone's going to come to the guy's house. Ironically, if these people were as afraid of this exposure as believed, the article would never have been published. There's also a guy who is convinced that we do not live in a capitolist economy. Of course he also writes that the Articles of Confederation was subverted by the Constitution, as if to say the Constitution is evil. These people are hilarious! They spout off about regulations and accountability, yet I would bet most of them haven't done a lick of research to see how true the article is. Lemmings, all of them.
Ryos - I believe most Politicians are well-intentioned, but lose perspective over time (there are always exceptions of course). This is why all government positions should have term limits.
Kaz - Politicians are not the problem, we are. We allow them to become corrupt by not paying attention to things until they bite us on the ass. Besides, would you rather we go to a pure democracy? Do you really trust America to make rational, sound decisions on issues as complicated as healthcare reform, bailouts, etc? People get their news from Rolling Stone, for crying out loud!