congress took no steps to address the 9.1% unemployment rate nationwide. the 16.7% unemployment rate among african-americans. and the 18.1% unemployment rate among workers age 18 to 24 who are trying to get their start in the american workforce. trying to become payers into the social security trust funds which so desperately need the weekly fico taxes from young workers in order to continue the intergenerational compact to provide retirement security to older americans. america is in the merciless grip of an economic crisis but washington is not in crisis mode. washington continues to play its business as usual games. those games delight many of the top 1% of income earners whose burden sharing in funding our government and our societal