Economist Michael Hudson says that what we are seeing is the death of capitalism in its current format and its replacement with debt peonage....a form of neo-feudalism. He says it is a post-industrial age where the new industry is banking. But unlike industry banking doesn't produce anything. The 'FIRE' sector (Finance, Insurance & Real Estate) is not part of the real economy of production and consumption....it is parasitical and only extracts interest from the real economy.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYcIQvSAHZ8&feature=fvst"]YouTube - Renegade Economist US Special with Dr. Michael Hudson[/ame]
The aim says Hudson is to get the American people indebt to the bankers and therefore under their control:
http://michael-hudson.com/2010/12/obamas-bushism/
The problem we are seeing is that wall street is so wealthy that it controls politicians like Bill Clinton, Bush and Obama. It funds their political campaigns and it tells them what to do.
So the lunatics are running the asylum. With that in mind you can understand why the rich are getting tax breaks! The paltry benefits given to the unemployed are just a sop to the public to make them feel that the government is looking after them; in reality it is selling them out to the bankers.
Freddie Roosevelt once said, in an address to congress in 1938:
'Unhappy events abroad have retaught us two simple truths about the liberty of a democratic people. The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic State itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group or by any other controlling private power.
The second truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if its business system does not provide employment and produce and distribute goods in such a way as to sustain an acceptable standard of living. Both lessons hit home. Among us today a concentration of private power without equal in history is growing.'
Just a random fact for anyone who might be interested, after watching the clip in the OP from the MSNBC channel....the company logo is a peacock. The peacock is the symbol of the Yazidi peacock angel Malek Taus, who redeemed himself after the fall and became a demiurge who created the cosmos. Many christians and muslims equate Malek Taus to Lucifer. A symbol/logo is a 'pictoral representation of intent'.
The Lucifer Trust renamed the 'Lucis Trust' is a member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer_Trust
Christians seem to equate lucifer with the devil, whilst others see Lucifer as the being who illuminated adam and eve....who gave mankind the power of reason....i guess like a lot of stuff it comes down to your interpretation.