Bushenomics 101

This says it all about the state of our allegedly booming economy. Wall Street rallies on the news of the Bernanke nomination as new head of the Federal Reserve. Meanwhile, down on the streets of middle class America, consumer confidence is falling like a rock.

So in other words, the people who can afford to make money on money - that is on paper - will make out like bandits, while the average taxpayer will foot the bill for this so called "growth." Once again at Christmas time, you'll see a boom in sales for $600 toy electric cars for the kids of the rich, and fancy jewelry for the token wives, while the rest of America will be picking up some trinkets at the Dollar Store.