Our country needs to "restructure our finances," much like a business going through a bankruptcy or foreclosure process. Unfortunately, our leaders are unwilling to chop the fat, and our citizens only want their neighbors to go on a diet and shun any needed changes that would impact them personally.
"There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: The bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those effects that must be foreseen... the bad economist pursues a small present good that will be followed by a great evil to come, while the good economist pursues a great good to come, at the risk of a small present evil."
Frederic Bastiat
Bernanke will be judged later as a "bad economist."
