But we should expand the blame game to include corruption in ALL of government, which certainly dwarfs anything in the private section. Include all of the lying politicians from every level of government, clerks who have stolen public money, policemen who abused their authority and both planted and stole evidence, then sold it; nurses and doctors who have killed instead of healed, and perpetrators of affirmative action everywhere.
Add to the list government firefighters who set forest fires, and Government environmental employees whose policies ensure that the forests are not wasted by harvesting trees. Let the trees burn instead. Also, the swarm of public sector criminals who harass anyone who makes a dollar more than they do, or who benefit by prior planning, hard work, and personal initiative.
Oh, and we mustn't forget all the media swine across the country who each day corrupt the news to fit their preconceived notions.
This "blame the companies" game opens up brave a new vista of unintended consequences.
Well it can't be the House because Republicans have a majority there and they certainly wouldn't "cook the books" ignoring the little guy for their own political gain ...would they?...
Gee, if we just had a few more RINO's in the Senate that would give us a majority...but wait that's not good enough either. We need 60 Republicans to make it filibuster proof....Wait, of those 60 we can't have even one Rino and there'd be at least 15....I know we need 100 Republican Senators (only 40 can be RINO's), 435 Republican House members and a REAL Republican (if we can find one) for the President...THEN watch the fur fly.
CONGRESS........The Founders would be very mortified!!!!
"By contrast, what happens when Congress cooks the books and deceives Americans into believing that government debt is $3.5 trillion or $6 trillion, when it's really $35 trillion? Absolutely nothing."
Tough call. Kind of like asking who is worse, bin Laden or Arafat.
My Congressman is Cynthia McKinney, so based largely on that, I'd have to say Congress is worse than World Com. At least with World Come you don't have to buy its stock, and have some choice in the matter.