Laissez Faire Economics
By Chelle Stockman
Opinion
We have reached a state of economic fragility; so much for that promise of a broader shared prosperity. Republicans blame Democrats and vice-versa. American voters are growing weary from the political blame game and are considering ejecting them all from our plundered garden, much like God ejected Adam and Eve when they chose to blame others rather than admit that they messed up.
The actions of our representatives over the decades have had far reaching social consequences which began with deregulation and privatization without federal oversight. American voting citizens know their limited voice is tossed into the electoral grog; however, the American consumer has been trained to demand a more expeditious satisfaction. Where it takes a voter years to rid themselves of a representative, it takes a consumer one trip to a different store, a mere change in our shopping habits.
Our representatives know this and fear this above all other things because with their signature they transferred our Representative Democracy to a deregulated Corporate Democracy. To the American voters they for years have shouted the virtues of Market Equilibrium saying, "There are ups and there are downs but the market will always correct itself." Today their cry is but a whimper and the power transferred from the voting citizen to the desperate consumer has been diminished, leaving the multi-national corporations in charge of our liberties.
We should be demanding that our leadership from the Office of the President on down answer this one question. If your market equilibrium assertion that it will correct itself because it always does is true, why on Earth are you demanding that we the citizens bail them out?
Okay, I'm done for now.
Chelle Stockman
