I find it very troubling that Obama seems to think the only way out of this mess (caused by the federal government with its passing of insane laws and not providing any enforcement/oversight) is through the federal government. Several times yesterday he talked about that very fact. That it will be the "government" that will be the way out of this financial mess. Much like what they said back during the Great Depression which caused that same Great Depression to continue for longer than it would have IF they had allowed the private sector to work through the problems. Instead they caused unemployment to soar and the same will happen with this recession (depression if the government gets involved).

Why do politicians think that they are the sole solution finders. Everyone other than they know that they are the sole problem causers instead.

Its like here they want to spend $80 million to fix up the downtown area (for what I dont know since hardly anyone goes down there). The local politicians answer? Raise the tax on county insurance premiums from 4 percent to 8 percent. I guess they didnt get the memo about the economy and the fact that tourism is down. Just another case of the inmates running the asylum. They need to lobby the state to amend the state Constitution to allow for cities this size to be able to tax things like restaurant bills and hotel/motel stays. The state Constitution does not allow that because the state is suppose to support cities this size with funding (which in this case they dont). Personally I think the local officials should SUE the state for lack of support.