Paul Buchheit reports via AlterNet
While Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning and John Kiriakou are vilified for revealing vital information about spying and bombing and torture, a man who conspired with Goldman Sachs to make billions of dollars on the planned failure of subprime mortgages was honored by New York University for his "Outstanding Contributions to Society".
This is one example of the distorted thinking leading to the demise of a once-vibrant American society. There are other signs of decay:
- A House Bill Would View Corporate Crimes as "Honest Mistakes"
- Almost 2/3 of American Families Couldn't Afford a Single Pill of a Life-Saving Drug
- Violent Crime Down; Prison Population Doubles
- One in Four Americans Suffer Mental Illness; Mental Health Facilities Cut by 90 Percent
- The Unpaid Taxes of 500 Companies Could Pay for a Job for Every Unemployed American ...for two years ...at the nation's median salary of $36,000 ...for all 8 million unemployed.
Citizens for Tax Justice reports that Fortune 500 companies are holding over $2 trillion in profits offshore to avoid taxes that would amount to over $600 billion. Our society desperately needs infrastructure repair, but 8 million potential jobs are being held hostage beyond our borders.
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday December 09 2015, @12:50AM
So which nations or peoples do have a squeeky-clean past free of revolutions, oppression, or genocide?
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday December 09 2015, @02:59AM
I'm gonna go for "none" and hope someone can prove me wrong.
My point was about the marketing department, though. The "chosen people" was reserved a while back, but that doesn't seem to deter belief in American Exceptionalism.
While most people find ways of thinking about themselves as special, it takes the Almighty French or Brits, to compete with USA obnoxiousness and disdain levels on that topic.