[MtnClimber]

The use of crisis situations for power hungry politicians to grab power (Cloward-Piven Strategy of Orchestrated Crisis) is disturbing in the book and even more disturbing to watch actually happening. The US government may soon have the power to seize financial institutions if they are deemed to be at risk of failure and could threaten the economy. I predict that the next to be targeted by the government looters will be insurance companies, health care providers, the auto industry, food production/distribution and transportation. The problem is (in AS and with the US leftists) is that their policies caused the crisis situations in the first place, they blamed the industrial “victims” or their misguided or purposeful policies, and then used the crisis for their own benefit. And only a small percentage of the population questions the obvious lies.

[demsux]

Exactly right...my opinion is that BHO will target doctors and other health care providers with his “cap on compensation” due to the “health care emergency”.

[Publius]

The problem is (in AS and with the US leftists) is that their policies caused the crisis situations in the first place, they blamed the industrial “victims” or their misguided or purposeful policies, and then used the crisis for their own benefit.

There is a delicious illustration of this later in the book, but I don't want to post a spoiler to my own thread.