This pessimism is what's wrong with the country today.
No, greed and lobbyists are what is wrong with this country. YOu see it over and over again, our government is bought and paid for, and the problem has nothing to do with Democrat or REpublican but both sides gladly have their hands out.
The fine levied on the banks, is the government getting their taste of the cut.
Shit the Florida AG can fire 2 attornies because they were getting close to exposing some real fraud and nobody fucking cares. It ran for a couple days in the paper and it is back to business as usual.
The only time a politician gets in trouble is when they bang someone, but they can steal all they want, because noone cares about that, just where their dick has been.
The lack of accountablity leads to pessimism.