Unemployment is still rising, despite the passage of a $787 billion stimulus package (the argument that things would have been worse without it, while true, is a tough sell). Health care is still a mess, and Obama’s complicated plan sounds a bit scary. We’re sending more troops to that quagmire in Afghanistan (although, as Bob Woodward reported yesterday, the top U.S. commander has privately warned that without even more forces the war “likely will result in failure”).
What’s more, the big Wall Street banks that crashed the economy seem to be rolling in dough again, with no tough new restrictions on their bonus-happy conduct. And the housing market is still in the toilet, with foreclosures wrecking many communities while relatively few homeowners get relief.
Let’s say you’ve lost your job, or you’re afraid you might, and you can’t afford health insurance, and you owe the bank more than your house is worth. Why wouldn’t you be mad at those scoundrels in Washington?
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