Rescue the Rescue: "Our leaders, Republicans and Democrats, have gotten so out of practice of working together that even in the face of this system-threatening meltdown they could not agree on a rescue package, as if they lived on Mars and were just visiting us for the week, with no stake in the outcome." -- Tom Friedman, New York Times

Correct. The politicians we Americans have so generously voted into office have no stake in this financial crisis because they live on a different planet, they are totally insulated from their employers (us!), and they represent other interests far more powerful than the American people. Ultimately, we are responsible, though. The politicians are only doing what is in their personal self interest. We should do the same.

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