It's the Demand, Stupid

It doesn't take half a brain to know that the neoliberal "dream" of a race to the bottom for almost everybody with a tiny group of rich who have all the money is NOT sustainable.

However, the vast majority of people in D.C. politics DON'T have even a half a brain, and that's why this country is on the ropes.

No jobs, no demand for goods and services. No demand for goods and services, even fewer jobs. Even less demand, fewer jobs still.

Henry Ford understood that demand is what drives the economy, but these idiots who are killing this country refuse to see the obvious:

Last year, President Obama agreed to $1.5 trillion of spending cuts, which have already begun.

Unless Republicans and Democrats reach a budget agreement before next Friday, another $85 billion of spending cuts go into effect this year. They’ll begin almost immediately.

With consumers and government both spending less, businesses won’t hire more workers; they’ll fire more workers. That’s likely to happen in coming months.

Anyone with half a brain should be able to understand all this. But apparently many in Washington don’t have half a brain.

"Austerity" bullshit makes it worse. Obama, however, doesn't give a shit about the American people, only about his backers on Wall Street.

If there is a worse or more destructive president out there in the last century, I'd like to know who it is. Not even our beloved Bush and Cheney were that damned bad. That's only because the Democrats in Congress actually acted like Democrats and kept them in check, not like the fawning sycophants they are with Obama.