There are basically 2 dimensions to the financial crisis.
One is the way finance has evolved into a gambling operation that's fundamentally risky and fails to contribute to the real economy. The other is plain, o-f greed...
The West Virginia mining disaster was caused by deregulation.
The CEO of the Massey Energy literally bought himself a judge. Corrupted absolutely, 29 dead later. This is the Reagan Revolution coming home to roost. Finance, Mines, Oil and Debt are all manmade disasters brought on by deregulation and the meme that government is bad.
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson/finance-mine-oil-debt-dis_b_563534.html
Progressive firebrand Rep.
Alan Grayson eviscerated the Supreme Court ruling on campaing finance and urged action or we could be dealing with the "Congressman from Wal-Mart."
