newmogul

“Iceland, Ireland, Germany, the U.S., etc...our high-living, no-savings, cast-all-care-to-the-wind lifestyles are coming home to roost. Yes, there is greed in the banking, lending and government sectors -- but the ultimate culprits in this whole mess? It is WE, THE PEOPLE. Remember, these government officials that Icelanders are protesting against were A) elected by those same people, and B) merely doing more of what those people wanted -- until things reached the tipping point, after which we conveniently blame the officials, but NEVER ourselves, of course. Let's not exempt OURSELVES from ultimate responsibility here, folks. Iceland is paying the price for its own gluttony, just like the U.S. and elsewhere. And sorry, Barack ISN'T going to just magically fix it. He will make things worse (because he's a socialist. Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth; socialism is the equal distribution of misery). People need to CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR, at the individual, personal level -- THAT'S where things need to happen.” source...