It has been declared that health care must be deficit neutral; and Social Security, Medicare, and other entitlements must be cut or they will destroy the country. Yet, somehow, there is always ample money for bank bailouts, wars, and tax cuts.
So as Washington pisses away trillions of our dollars, millions of Americans are experiencing a financial crisis unprecedented by anything since the Great Depression. And just like Katrina, they are being left to fend for themselves.