Promises Unleashed

Money as Debt II covers the current economic situation. This is why the U.S. government can't "balance it's checkbook" - not as long as private banks control the money supply and act as one. This is why tax cuts won't work. This is why cutting social programs such as Medicare won't help, but will probably make it worse. Need more? It would have cost $10 trillion to buy out every person's principle on their home mortgage - and a GAO reports $16 trillion were given to banks.

Of course the media has some strange takes on Occupation Wall Street. You can't make this stuff up.