The Grammys Are Concerned Toni Braxton's Awards Will Be Auctioned

Toni Braxton
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), which is the organization that awards singer with Grammys, has made an appearance in singer Toni Braxton's bankruptcy case, out of concern the six awards she has won during her 20-year music career could be seized and auctioned, to satisfy her many debts.
Braxton fell seriously ill with breast cancer, lupus and angina, which made her unable to work for a time. As a result, Braxton fell behind on credit card payments to high end retailers and other financial obligations. Due to the fact she did not disclose the full extent of her health problems, the insurer that underwrote her Las Vegas performance policy, did not pay the $10,000,000 guarantee in the event her stage run abruptly ended.
Braxton's financial woes grabbed unflattering headlines last year, when she filed for bankruptcy, the second time in a decade, prompting claims she is a spendthrift not in charge of her financial affairs. Braxton's latest Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing, already saw her reluctantly relinquish her million dollar mansion in Atlanta, Georgia's Sugarloaf Country Club. The legal documents also list her Grammy awards among her possessions.
It's all good and fine that they made an appearance in the case, in an attempt to protect their brand. However, the Grammys are a complete farce now, when a screamer singer like Beyonce Knowles, among others, can criminally commit wholesale theft of valuable copyrights worth many millions and win more Grammy awards than Aretha Franklin, in one fifth the time. It says the organization's credibility is gone.
You are giving out Grammys like candy to people that did not earn them, which has taken the prestige and heft from your awards. I also have it on good authority, though you do not want the Grammy awards sold to non-recipients, the voting process can be bought to rig a desired outcome on behalf of artists that did not earn it. The aforementioned two problems, which will mushroom into a forthcoming scandal, when specific details are brought to light before the public, are the real issues the Grammys need to be focused on.

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$2.4 Trillion Increase In U.S. Debt Ceiling Passes In Congress

One Day Ahead Of Schedule, But The Benefits Are Negligible

The U.S. Congress has passed a bill raising the debt ceiling by by $2.4 trillion dollars, to avoid the nation defaulting on its many debts. The proposed spending cuts, to take place over 10 years, not to commence until 2013, are weak and insufficient to tackle the national debt. There is also the very high probability the government will spend even more money, via miscellaneous and emergency costs, that will completely derail the entire budget.

The bill is not particularly helpful to the U.S. economy, makes paltry cuts in government spending that will have no real impact on the deficit and lacks the tax increase on the rich, necessary to help financially pull America back in the black.



U.S. President Barack Obama (right) and Vice President Joe Biden (left)

The economic numbers are in for July 2011 and they do not look good. Job creation is going at a very poor pace, leaving 14,000,000 Americans unemployed. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders insists unemployment is actually at "16 percent" not "10 percent." There was next to no growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector, which is bad, as the nation needs exports as one of several key revenue sources.

As mentioned above, another key revenue stream that is missing from the bill, is tax increases on the nation's wealthiest citizens. It's only fair, if the rich are going to live in America, they should help clean up the financial mess Wall Street's greed spree made on their behalf and that of their bulging bank accounts.

Sensible cuts to the government's budget would have made a great impact, such as closing a number of U.S. bases abroad, selling the land/buildings and equipment to the host countries, saving the nation billions in upkeep costs per year. The defense budget is too big, yet as we have seen repeatedly, terrorists can get into America if they want to and engage in evil acts that need to desist.



President Obama and members of his administration

Therefore, you may as well close many of the bases and bring the U.S. citizens back to America. It is cheaper than keeping them open, which is causing further offense in a number of places in the world. It also seems the cuts in the current bill target the poor and middle class, which is a bad idea. How did Congress get it so wrong again.

For the aforementioned reasonable reasons, the Judiciary Report is not in favor of the bill that was just passed in the U.S. Congress. Any sensible person with moderate views and a grip on reality will realize, it is not going to work and after all that wrangling and arguing it sad that this is all they came up with.

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Soulja Boy Private Jet Story Was A Lie

I knew "bouncing on my toes" didn't pay that much
Remember on July 29, 2011, in the article, Soulja Boy Buys $55 Million Dollar Jet the Judiciary Report humorously questioned rapper Soulja Boy's claim he bought a $35,000,000 private jet and was spending $20,000,000 to redo the interiors, simply by asking him "Boo, are you selling drugs on the side." I knew it would provoke a response.

The next day, on July 30, 2011, Soulja Boy's representative came out and said the story the rapper fed website TMZ on July 28, 2011 (Soulja Boy Drops $55 MILLION on Private Jet), who spread it all over the internet, was not true. Scared of the Feds, huh, Soulja Boy.
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In fact, Soulja even went on a radio show yesterday in Miami -- after TMZ's story posted -- and when asked if he bought the plane, coyly told the DJ he was "G5 status" ... but never said the story was false.
Now, Soulja's "spokesperson" Greg Miller has issued a statement on behalf of the rapper ... saying the "elaborate rumors" are "not true." Funny, because when our reporter spoke with Soulja earlier this week -- and asked him directly, he responded, "Hell yeah ... I bought it." Sadly, so did we.
Since Miller's statement, TMZ has made dozens of calls to Shai Storm -- but he hasn't picked up up. Storm did return a text message saying he was instructed that all media relations are now going through Miller.
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Obama's Poll Numbers Implode Into Disaster

Reelection Not Looking Likely

Barack Obama
U.S. President Barack Obama is having a hard time in the polls. Numbers in every area of polling indicate, the American people are fed up with the debt ceiling debacle and the economy in general. There has been no recovery in the U.S. economy, only massive spending that is drying up and revealing all the cracks and flaws the government tried to camouflage.
But wait, Obama isn't the only one on the hot seat. The U.S. Congress saw its poll numbers drop to an all time low, with approval rating sitting at an uncomfortable 6 percent and it is deserved. They have passed ludicrous spending bills and can't, excuse me, won't even agree on a plan for the debt ceiling, by taking the best parts of both political parties' proposals and merging them into one bill, for the good of the nation.

President Obama and members of Congress debating the debt ceiling
U.S. House Speaker and Republican, John Boehner, has accused Obama of caring more about reelection, than resolving the debt ceiling crisis that is gripping the nation. The clock is ticking and in less than a week, if no decision is reached, America will default on its debts. According to the Los Angeles Times, Obama's own Democrats are abandoning him on this issue, as they have been pushed to the point of anger.
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U.S. Debt Deal Dead

Barack Obama
Published reports indicate congressional Senator, John Boehner, has walked away from the debt ceiling debate, against President Barack Obama, exasperated that they have been unable to come to a final agreement. There is talk that Obama's own Democrats are angry with him over the lack of progress. The press and public had hoped the issue was almost resolved, but the latest on the negotiations illustrate otherwise.
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Republicans Develop Economic Plan And Await Response From Obama

"Video: Speaker Boehner: Time for the No-Budget Senate to Act on Cut, Cap & Balance"
Prominent Republican senator, John Boehner, took to the podium today, to announce the Republican party has developed a financial plan for America, but await a response from U.S. President, Barack Obama, regarding the course of action he intends to take. The clock is winding down to the August default deadline, in the debt ceiling debacle Congress is currently presiding over.

Barack Obama
The regrettable fact regarding the congressional fighting, excuse me, debates, is neither side has been able to take the better ideas from each party and merge them into one proper solution. Overall, the Republican party has the better, more prudent economic plan save for the no taxes clause, which, frankly, is a problem.

John Boehner
The Democrats' financial plan has too much spending, but its true redeeming factor is the tax increase on the rich, which would make a big difference (provided the money isn't squandered by too much spending again). Really, is it that hard to compromise with each other. Even the government had to admit this week that the talks have become unusual and strangely stalled, in comparison to past negotiations. Something is wrong.
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When It Comes To Debt The Obama Administration Has The Mindset Of Gamblers

Barack Obama
In listening to President Obama and members of his cabinet speak about the financial crisis, one walks away with the impression, they have the mindset of gamblers. So much money has been pumped into the U.S. economy during President Obama’s term, yet he alarmingly continues to spend and keeps suggesting more stimulus packages, as the solution to America’s dire financial problems.
They sound like gamblers, who keep making risky wagers, believing that next gamble is the one that’s going to put them on top and in the black, only to end up further in the red, in a financial hole that keeps deepening.
It’s time for a sensible approach to finance with a sound fiscal plan, as the Judiciary Report has advocated for years. America does not have money to burn. It’s time for certain people in Washington to stop acting like it. There is a massive difference between debt and profit. Learn it.
After two presidents in a row, Bush and Obama, exhibited poor financial acumen, making very risky economic choices, to the detriment of America and the globe, the financial world has lost confidence in Washington.
The tides are changing in the world. It is the rise of China, India and Brazil in finance, which is a positive development for the world, as it means more people advancing. If America is to remain competitive in the financial world, prudent, precise and insightful action needs to be taken now to set things aright with the economy or risk falling to the wayside. The truth hurts, but it is only in confronting it and making the necessary changes, can one improve and move forward.
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The Republicans Say Obama Has No Economic Plan Only Speeches

In a jab at U.S. President, Barack Obama, leading Republican, John Boehner, outlined his party's economic and political plans for America, in the wake of a terrible financial crisis. Boehner also went on to state, President Obama has no financial plan for America, only issuing speeches in the face of serious issues.

Senator John Boehner (left) and President Barack Obama (right)
As the deadline for the debt ceiling nears, the President and his fellow Democrats, are locked in negotiations with rival Republicans and it appears they have made very little headway. Here's hoping both sides will accomplish something in the coming days.
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You Can Tell By The Looks On Their Faces That The Debt Talks Aren't Going Well

Barack Obama
U.S. President, Barack Obama, is reportedly very frustrated with the lack of progress in negotiations, regarding America's debt ceiling. He lashed out in anger this week stating, "I have reached the point where I say enough. Would Ronald Reagan be sitting here? I’ve reached my limit. This may bring my presidency down, but I will not yield on this." Currently, if there's anything that is going to bring Obama's presidency down, it is his unprecedented government spending, with no results to show for it, as the economy continues to worsen in every way.

John Boehner
On the other side of the aisles, top Republican, John Boehner, is sticking to his guns on not raising taxes on the rich (which the Judiciary Report does not agree with) and budget cuts (which the Judiciary Report does agree with). It is in times like these, it is beneficial to look to economic plans of the past that worked and within reason, apply those lessons to the challenges of today.
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R Kelly's House In Foreclosure Indicating Financial Troubles

R. Kelly: can I borrow some money!
R. Kelly's $2,900,000 house of horrors in Olympia Field, Illinois, where he made sex tapes of himself, engaged in illegal sexual activity with underage girls, has gone into foreclosure. Rumors surfaced last month that Kelly was going broke from issuing settlements to the families of underage girls he had sex with, even disgracefully urinating on the children in home made child porn tapes.

R. Kelly's house in Chicago, Illinois
However, Kelly rubbished the claims, stating they are untrue. In light of news this week, regarding the foreclosure of his multi-million dollar mansion, there is clearly truth to the rumors. Maybe with his money diminished, there will not be enough funds to bribe underage girls with promises of cash and stardom as singers on his production company.
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Democrats And Republicans Refuse To Budge On Debt Ceiling While Obama Threatens To Cut Social Security Next Month

Democrats and Republicans are fighting in Congress, regarding the debt ceiling, while President Obama threatens to cut off Social Security, stating he cannot guarantee that seniors checks will go out next month, on August 3, 2011.
Has he lost his mind. Seniors are going to remember that and attribute it to him. They paid into Social Security for decades, to receive their money during old age and not for a president to summarily decided such a thing.
If President Obama had not wasted so much money on unnecessary spending initiatives and thrown so much cash out the White House window, on overblown stimulus packages, with significant funds stolen and misappropriated, America would not be in this bind.

Barack Obama
President Obama should have raised taxes on the rich from day one of his presidency and used the funds to pay down the national debt and create jobs. President Clinton created 23,000,000 jobs by raising taxes during his time in office, which was recorded as the most financially prosperous in U.S. history. Others have done the same in the past, in other nations, such as Margaret Thatcher in Britain, creating new jobs with freshly raised tax money.
Now President Obama has his back to the wall, after massive, fruitless expenditures and is threatening seniors over Social Security they already paid for. What exactly did the government do with their money. As the Judiciary Report sees is, messing with Social Security is like dipping into pension funds, something you just don't do. You really must not want a second term.
The Democrats need to desist with the excessive spending and the Republicans in Congress need to give up on not raising taxes, because the money is needed. America has many billionaires, millionaires and individuals earning over $250,000 per year that can pay higher personal (and business) income taxes. They live in America and should pay it, after reaping all the funds they did off the nation.
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Obama Administration Admits Financial Hardships In America To Last A Long Time

But It Doesn't Have To Be That Way

Barack Obama
Timothy Geithner, the Treasury Secretary of U.S. President, Barack Obama, admitted in a candid interview last week that the financial hardships besetting America, shall last for a long time. Wrong answer! The people don't want to hear that and the sad thing is, the economy could be repaired, but the Democrats and Republicans refuse to agree on a financially sensible plan.
At the beginning of his presidency, bankers representing Americas top banks, went to the White House to meet with Obama and basically blew smoke up his butt. They talked up their dubious plans and walked away with truckloads of U.S. taxpayer money, only to hoard it, which does not benefit the nation.

Timothy Geithner
President Obama and his team, due to naiveté, inexperience and lobbyists, had such poor oversight, this massive swindling of the American people's tax money, was able to transpire without impedance or accountability on any real level, which is regrettable. Some of the stimulus money also illegally stimulated off shore bank accounts.
It is the Judiciary Report's belief, a line needs to be drawn in the sand with banks and other financial institutions, formally notifying them, if they are not going to productively use the stimulus money in the U.S. economy, they must return the funds or face criminal charges. Taxes also need to be raised on the rich, to help combat the sky high deficit, with some of the funds used to create new jobs, but in a sensible manner (Obama Calls For Job Summit).
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Geithner tells NBC's "Meet the Press" that it's a very tough economy. He says that for a lot of people "it's going to feel very hard, harder than anything they've experienced in their lifetime now, for a long time to come."
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New Negative Jobs Report Is Bad News For Obama

The Numbers Keep Getting Worse

Barack Obama
Proving his political policies are not working, the latest U.S. jobs reports indicates, the economy added jobs at a very slow pace, which has alarmed government officials in Washington. As many polls have revealed, the economy ranks as the top concern of most Americans. The latest weak economic data coming out of the nation's capitol, is throwing a serious monkey wrench in President Obama's reelection plans, as the economy refuses to stabilize, due to the dangerous and unwieldy spending he continues to engage in.
Congress, on both sides of the aisles, has a responsibility to tell the President no, regarding his substantial spending initiatives. It can't continue like this. Someone needs to press the brakes on all this mad spending that makes no fiscal sense whatsoever. It's time to be sensible about this.

It's time to stop spending so much taxpayer money
When one watches news reports on the subject, the Democrats and Republicans, are fighting and telling everyone within earshot they are doing the right thing and the other party is not. However, what message does each side think it sends the nation, when they cannot even agree on a middle ground, to strike a simple compromise.
The Democrats in Congress are the biggest spenders, as they are liberals bordering on socialists, engaging in financial waste. The Republicans in Congress, are more prudent when it comes to money, but they need to stop holding out for no tax increases on the rich, also known as their friends, because the Treasury needs the money. There needs to be a temporary tax increase. Where else is the money going to come from, with businesses posting declines in revenue.
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Is It Fair For Obama To Solicit $1 Billion Dollars In Campaign Donations From The Public During A Terrible Financial Crisis

Barack Obama
In view of the horrible financial crisis America is currently mired in, is it fair for President Barack Obama, to ask the public to help him meet his goal of raising an unprecedented $1 billion dollars in campaign donations, for his 2012 reelection bid. This move lacks the sensitivity, consideration, austerity and economic prudence, a president should have under the circumstances.
Americans have lost their jobs, homes and life savings. Many are suffering during the current financial depression, in trying to make ends meet and put food on the table. In light of these facts, should President Obama really be soliciting such enormous campaign donations, during a financial crisis he helped to make much worse than it was in 2008, when he was elected.
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New Poll Finds A Majority Of Americans Do Not Believe Obama Will Be Reelected

Barack Obama
A new poll conducted by the Mayside Research Institute (MRI) has found a majority of Americans do not believe U.S. President Barack Obama will be reelected in 2012. As anyone in Washington should be able to deduce, the horrible state of the U.S. economy is currently the biggest factor. Obama has spent enormous sums of money, more than any other President in U.S. history and to no results. Correction, to negative results.
If Obama had heeded even the most basic advice, such as what was provided by the Judiciary Report in 2008 and the first quarter of 2009, regarding utilizing prudence and thrift, among other things, the economy would have been back on track by the first quarter of year two of his presidency (2010). Instead he spent a fortune - ironically $666 billion on the stimulus (that number is quite fitting and ironic considering the end result, because the devil is in the details).
You can't spend money like that. It was too much. It's just bad business sense and now America is further behind, than in 2008 when Obama assumed office. As the first black president, I wanted so much more for his presidency, but Obama has disappointed me and many others, by letting Washington change him into a poster boy for special interests, lobbyists and rich campaign donors, whose agenda is not for the greater good of society, but their own pockets. When you lose your roots, you risk losing everything.
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MRI Poll: Majority Believe Obama Will Fail In Re-Election Bid
Published on July 04, 2011 - Most say "It's time for another person to take over the Top Job." A new Mayside Research (MRI) Poll finds that 62% of U.S. registered voters think it's time for another person to be America's President (*). Only 38% of likely voters feel that Barack Obama should be re-elected. According to MRI, females are much less likely than males to support Obama's re-election (24% vs 76%). MRI's results indicate that almost three-quarters of African Americans would support replacing Obama (74%) with someone else for the Top Job...
Only 48% of those panellists who declared that they are members of or registered with the Democratic Party, and or planned to vote for a democratic candidate, indicated that they supported Obama's re-election. 52% of those Democrats polled want a change. Unsurprisingly, nearly 100% of the Republican panellists are seeking and would support someone else...
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Will Reality Show Clear Up Toni Braxton's Debts And Financial Troubles

Toni Braxton
In 2010, Grammy Award winning singer, Toni Braxton, filed for bankruptcy - the second time in a decade. In 2010, Braxton lost her $2,400,000 Las Vegas home to foreclosure. She also gave up her primary residence, a 7 bedroom, 7 bathroom, $1,500,000 Duluth mansion, set in the Sugarloaf Country Club.
Braxton initially fought to keep the attractive, sprawling home. However, her creditors forced foreclosure, but due to the property having negative equity, Braxton was advised not to challenge it. She ended up surrendering the property, in what had to be a very difficult blow.

Braxton's former home in Duluth, lost to foreclosure
In the 1990s, LaFace Records, gave Braxton a reported settlement of $20,000,000 as apart of a renegotiation fee on her recording contract, after the bad publicity from her first bankruptcy. Label mates, TLC, were reportedly given the same, as they too had filed bankruptcy.

Braxton's former home in Las Vegas, gone to foreclosure
In 2006, Braxton signed a lucrative Las Vegas performance deal with the Flamingo hotel, but fell ill a year and a half into the multi-million dollar run. This is where her troubles began, as she'd taken on new debts and insurers refused to pay when she became ill, stating she hid her medical condition from them, which is a violation of the performer's policy. Braxton is battling lupus, angina and breast cancer.

Braxton's Las Vegas show was cancelled due to illness
It is regrettable that Braxton did not buy a home outright, when she had cash surpluses, rather than obtaining mortgages, as she would not have lost her main residence, which was clearly distressing. She is also older now, 43, with her health problems impacting her appearance. There also exists a pathetic ageism in the vain entertainment industry.

Braxton Family Values
However, with the success of her reality show "Braxton Family Values" that has brought in a moderate amount of money, with residuals and DVD sales to come, will Braxton get back in the black. That depends. Her 2010 bankruptcy filing was filed with debts to luxury retailers and establishments, such as Tiffany's, BMW, Neiman Marcus and the Four Seasons.
Braxton's spending would have to drastically change, in order to rebuild her finances from the ground up and maintain a solid financial profile. Her health is also a factor, which should indicate to her to save up for a rainy day.
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Officials Officially Pronounce Obama's Stimulus A Massive Failure That Added Billions To The National Debt

Barack Obama
Everyone from Alan Greenspan to Barack Obama's economic committee, have pronounced the President's stimulus a catastrophic failure that wasted huge amounts of taxpayer money in the billions. Mainstream newspapers and blogs have gone into overdrive, taking the president to task for the enormous waste that has set America even further behind.
A year and a half ago, on November 13, 2009, the Judiciary Report predicted this would happen (Obama Calls For Job Summit). It is now being stated this week, it would have been cheaper for Obama to, "Cut a $100,000 check to everyone whose employment was allegedly made possible by the 'stimulus.'”
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Obama’s Economists: ‘Stimulus’ Has Cost $278,000 per Job
12:07 PM, Jul 3, 2011 - The stimulus is now causing the economy to shed jobs. When the Obama administration releases a report on the Friday before a long weekend, it’s clearly not trying to draw attention to the report’s contents. Sure enough, the “Seventh Quarterly Report” on the economic impact of the “stimulus,” released on Friday, July 1, provides further evidence that President Obama’s economic “stimulus” did very little, if anything, to stimulate the economy, and a whole lot to stimulate the debt.
The report was written by the White House’s Council of Economic Advisors, a group of three economists who were all handpicked by Obama, and it chronicles the alleged success of the “stimulus” in adding or saving jobs. The council reports that, using “mainstream estimates of economic multipliers for the effects of fiscal stimulus” (which it describes as a “natural way to estimate the effects of” the legislation), the “stimulus” has added or saved just under 2.4 million jobs — whether private or public — at a cost (to date) of $666 billion. That’s a cost to taxpayers of $278,000 per job.
In other words, the government could simply have cut a $100,000 check to everyone whose employment was allegedly made possible by the “stimulus,” and taxpayers would have come out $427 billion ahead...
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Down on the Fourth of July: the United States of gloom
July 3rd, 2011 - NEWS REVIEW: America’s deepening recession and widespread pessimism about the country’s prospects add a bitter note to Independence Day, reports Toby Harnden, US Editor. Across America today, people will gather for barbecues in their backyards, parades through their towns and firework displays lighting up the night sky. They’ll be celebrating Independence Day – the birthday of the United States and the 235th anniversary of shaking off the oppressive yoke of British rule...
That’s the good news. On the flip side, however, a country whose hallmark has always been a sense of irrepressible optimism is in the grip of unprecedented uncertainty and self-doubt. With the United States mired in three foreign wars, beaten down by an economy that shows few signs of emerging from deep recession and deeply disillusioned with President Barack Obama, his Republican challengers and Congress, the mood is dark.
The last comparable Fourth of July was probably in 1980, when there was a recession, skyrocketing petrol prices and an Iranian hostage crisis, with 53 Americans being held in Tehran. Frank Luntz, perhaps America’s pre-eminent pollster, argues that his countrymen are much more downbeat now than in 1980. “The assumption with the Carter years was that it was a failure of the elites, not the system. We thought the people in charge screwed up. We didn’t blame ourselves.” Remarkably, many Americans think things will only get worse and the good times will never return.
A recent New York Times/CBS poll found that 39 per cent think that “the current economic downturn is part of a long-term permanent decline and the economy will never fully recover”. That was up from 28 per cent last October. Last month, a CNN poll found that 48 per cent of Americans believe another Great Depression is somewhat or very likely.
Luntz has found that 44 per cent of Americans believe their country’s best days are in the past, 57 per cent that their children will not achieve the same quality of life, and 53 per cent that they are less free than five years ago. So what is going on? ...
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