Wonders of the Free Market System:

According to the neo-liberals who advocate a total free market system that eliminates as much government as possible, removing government oversight from the water supply is the greatest of God's blessings. And there is no better place to prove this theory than in South America, especially a country like Chile. Alexei Barrionuevo reports on the success of the program in today's New York Times. Why would a village of 800 people need clean water any way?

Taxpayer Bailout Money To Pay Millions in AIG Bonuses:

One of the lynchpins in the financial collapse has been AIG, which was a leader in the faulty derivitives scam. The taxpayer had to bail them out in order to keep the economy going, we were told, so where's the bailout money going? Millions are being paid to keep AIG's "best and brightest" living in the lap of luxury. The average citizen is expected to sacrifice for the country, but not the people who led the way to the meltdown. (See The Washington Post story.)