Politics: we're all doomed

Kevin Drum has a nice outline of what the Congress has been doing this year (and it's only March!).

• Passed: A tort reform bill that makes it harder for ordinary citizens to sue corporations who harm them.

• Coming soon: A bankruptcy bill that will make it harder for distressed workers to declare bankruptcy and will increase credit card company profits by an estimated $1 billion.

• Coming soon: A transportation bill that adds two unpaid hours onto the work days of short-haul and long-haul truckers.

• In progress: Changes to Social Security that will almost certainly include benefit cuts for current workers.

• In progress: Making permanent a set of tax cuts that primarily helps the upper class.