“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power”

Mussolini, you sly dog – you saw this coming! So before the U.S. slides into a Brazillian society, you may want to check out this article about how we got there. Short and sweet, please note the juiciest bit – the fact that companies were borrowing $30 for every $1 they actually possessed. They then distributed this “imaginary” money to fat bastard managers, who passed it off as real currency to the local Ferrari dealership and Neiman Marcus. Legal money laundering – is this big business or an episode of “Weeds”?