We live in a time of serious disinformation being the rule of the day when it comes to "news" about our nation's economy.

Don't focus upon the rapidly declining values of the primary asset of most of this nation's middle class. Instead, we should focus upon the stock market
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Why take commentary from someone such as the outgoing Inspector General of our nation's TARP program at face value when there's a meaningless quote to be gleaned from a Treasury Department press release to contradict it?

It's all about the spin. Yes...just sit there on Main Street reading this...and remember the messages we're hearing from inside the Beltway (as someone used to "explain" it to me with their extended middle finger pointed at someone else with whom they were upset): "Just sit and spin!"

You really should read this diary, and the NYT article it refers to. It may be about the USA, but it's really about the UK, Ireland etc. It's about our elites are doing almost everything possible to ruin the lives of all but themselves.

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