And who has the integrity to hold Barney Frank's feet to the fire?

Ma'am;... No fooling!!! Really!!! A consensus??? I don't recall any one asking me...I believe I was one of a vast majority of people who contacted government to tell them don't bail out the banks...I told them to be the people's bank of last resort...Instead, those leaders decided to throw the entire strength of the government under the stuck wheel of capital... So;... what consensus are you talking about.???Because from where I stand, government is freely influenced by the rich... They make sure of who gets elected, and the elected follow their masters with slavish fidelity...And its legal; and the Supreme Court has clearly ruled what everyone knows to be true, that money talks, and bullshit hits the road...Now; you talk about consensus...If we had consensus we could say without a lie that we have democracy...Even with majority rule, -a mile away from democracy, we don't get a how do you do or a thankyou ma'am on our laws... They get passed, and we look on in helpless wonder... All we get to do is choose between our versions of bad or worse in personalities... And no matter how bad they seem going in they always come out worse... So; talk about consensus... That must mean their consensus, now that they have bled us white, that they may have gone just a little too far...No; wait!!!Some still want to give it to the rich... So there is no consensus... The greater our need the more some of those  people will butter their bread and sip tea while we wait... I think it is possible, that if they had to get a fraction of their legislation passed the people, that they would not hold us all in such obvious contempt... WE can cure their contempt...I will tell you one thing....As much as the government tries to blame this recession on the little people; it is not going to fly... People have been robbed and raked over the coals for interest; and they say we cannot live without it...How about a living wage, and let's just see...They have managed to get the whole of the society living on credit, so a handful of parasites can stand back, and do nothing while everyone in any productive class slaves for no gain... Where is our protection from our government against our enemies...To hell with giving us a handout that will as soon show up in the pockets of the rich...Just give us our due...Because if we had a vote, we would not have voted for this depression... And we had a vote would would not vote to break ourselves with taxes while the rich ride for free...We would not vote for mindless wars we cannot afford...We would not vote to send our capital and jobs overseas... There is a lot of nonsense that gets the support of government now that would not get an inch past the people...There is nothing about this society that could not be fixed with democracy, and not one thing that will be fixed without it...When this depression gets worse you are going to see some consensus in this land; and you will not like it....Everyone that has it made now is going to be looking like a fat turkey at thanksgiving... You guys can go ahead, and make the people agree that they can do better without you; and you will wish you had a whole dumptruck full of dollars to throw at them... Dollars are just numbers on paper... Misery is more real by far... I want to see all of Washington play politics on the misery of this nation until the people agree that consensus is the cure...I want to see it.... It is the dream of a life time... .Thanks...Sweeney