As a result of this cooperation from Obama, American society is unraveling at an increasing rate. You may have missed it in the mainstream news media, but statistical societal indicators are flashing red across the board.
1) The inequality of wealth in the United States is soaring to an unprecedented level. The U.S. already had the highest inequality of wealth in the industrialized world prior to the financial crisis. Since the crisis, which has hit the middle class and poor much harder than the top 1 percent, the gap between the top 1 percent and the remaining 99 percent of the U.S. population has grown to a record high. http://www.epi.org/economic_snapshots/entry/webfeatures_snapshots_20060823/
2) As the stock market went over the 10,000 mark and just surged to a 13-month high, the three big banks that took taxpayer money and benefited the most from the government bailout have just set a new global economic record by issuing $30 billion in annual bonuses this year, up 60 percent from last year. Goldman Sachs, the most profitable securities firm in Wall Street history, had a record profit in the first nine months of this year and set aside $16.7 billion for compensation expenses. Goldman Sachs is on pace for the best year in the firm's history, and it is also benefiting by only paying 1 percent in taxes. http://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/15/goldman_sachs_posts_record_profits
3) The profits of the economic elite are "now underwritten by taxpayers with $23.7 trillion worth of national wealth." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dylan-ratigan/veterans-lip-service-bank_b_355068.html
As the looting is occurring at the top, the U.S. middle class is beginning to collapse. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A
4) Workers between the ages of 55 to 60, who have worked for 20 to 29 years, have lost an average of 25 percent off their 401k. During the same time period, the wealth of the 400 richest Americans went up by $30 billion, bringing their total combined wealth to $1.57 trillion. http://ampedstatus.com/during-economic-crisis-wealth-of-400-richest-americans-increased-by-30-billion
5) Home foreclosure filings "hit a record high in the third quarter (of 2009)" They were the worst three months of all time" 937,840 homes received a foreclosure letter" in this three-month period; "3.4 million homes are expected to enter foreclosure by year's end, with some experts estimating that next year will be even worse. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/19/AR2009111902097.html
President Obama has enacted a $75 billion taxpayer funded program that has been a spectacular failure in stemming the foreclosure crisis and has proven to be another massive waste of billions of taxpayer dollars. http://www.last.fm/forum/23/_/582596
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