We’re showing our stupidity

Why aren’t the politicians, heads of banks and mortgage companies in prison for making idiotic decisions that put us in this mess? They could care less, and in most cases they were even rewarded with bonuses. Politicians, banks and mortgage companies should be held accountable for making bad business decisions that basically killed the United States. We will never be back to normal. We will never have a balanced budget. We will never get out of this. And now with Ben Bernanke buying 30-year bonds, what does that tell us? U.S. is dead.

I used to be proud, but with all the embarrassment and bickering in Washington, jobless rate, economy, all these stupid brainless reality shows and how we admire people who have no visible talent, it’s no wonder we’re in this mess and countries hate us because we look so dumb. We don’t look dumb — we are.

Mario Giannone

Hoffman Estates