Robert Reich Echoes Everybody Else

who is not in Congress and the White House and screams about the horrendous employment situation in this country. July created only 12,000 new jobs--a disaster if there ever was one--but what does Congress do? It's more important to take a bunch of weeks off until mid-September while more and more people fall into the black hole of destitution.

They don't care; they really and truly don't care.

Reich:

With the worst jobs crisis since the Great Depression worsening, you might expect emergency action out of Washington. But the biggest upcoming debate there is whether to extend the Bush tax cuts for the richest 2 percent, or for everyone, or for no one. This is like debating whether or not to get a mousetrap when your home is sinking in quicksand.

We need a response proportional to the crisis. Obama, Pelosi, and Reid should summon Congress back to Washington for action on the jobs emergency.

They won't do anything. It's time for "austerity," after all.

Arianna Huffington worries about this country plunging into third worldom. It's going to happen because those in power WANT it to happen.