"We Are Seeing An All-out Defense of the Status Quo" - Interview with Jesse, of Jesse's Cafe Americain

``... the US is suffering a protracted recession now because while monetary policy is active, although misguided, the fiscal policy has stopped functioning well because of political deadlock. The monetary policy that Bernanke has set is a trickle down approach, which is obviously failing because it is operating in a system that was already skewed by corruption and has not been reformed. It is like sending aid to a Third World country. The aid is seized by powerful warlords and used for their own advantage, with little reaching the people. They know this, but they do not care. It is about personal advantage and careers.''