regeya

The Dummy's Guide to the U.S. Financial Crisis

"As a long-time Republican I am embarassed for my party and its long history of fiscal discipline and social conservatism"

which ended in 1980, when Reagan proceeded to triple the national debt.

or maybe earlier than that, since the dollar came unhinged from anything sensible during the Nixon administration.

Eh, there's enough blame to go around. Neocons, Republicans, I'm even betting there's a couple of Communists and Libertarians we could throw into the mix if we tried hard enough.