There is a battle raging between Wall Street and the Government to see if Wall Street can be greedier than the government can be stupid. It’s a close race. When your government encourages debt and favors investors and speculators over working people, things can’t end well. Make no mistake, it was the government and its supposed arm’s length lackey, the Federal Reserve, who made the rich richer and our country a shadow of its former self. Even though governments many times start out with good intentions, they gradually end up serving their own needs and protecting their turf. The main thrust is to get reelected and protect their power and wealth. Instead of serving the people, the people are manipulated. It seems as though the government could get some of these things right. There’s the question of Inflation, Inequality, foreign policy (Stick our nose in other peoples’ business. creating wars, catering to the Military Industrial Complex, immigration, spending out of control, poor educational policies, a broken welfare system, bank favoritism, and getting involved in abortion and gay rights (what’s that all about?)