Um, the answer is no.

Just look at the corruption and abuse of Wall Street, the banking industry, the auto industry, and the military industry.

In the movie 'First Contact', after the 21st century Earth woman asks Capt. Picard how much it cost to build the Enterprise, he says "Money doesn't exist in the Twenty-Fourth Century."

Then he tells her that economics, as she understands it, is obsolete in his time. He says "The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force; we work to better humanity."

BAGHDAD — The United States military said Monday that five American soldiers had been shot to death by a fellow soldier who opened fire on them at one of the biggest American bases in Baghdad, and that the suspected shooter was in custody.

The killings appeared to be the worst case of lethal non-combat casualties for the American forces in Iraq since the invasion more than six years ago.

The shooting took place at around 2 p.m. local time at Camp Liberty, a sprawling base next to Baghdad airport, the military said in a statement. The names of the dead soldiers were being withheld pending family notification, the statement said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/world/middleeast/12iraq.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The Federal Reserve significantly scaled back the size of the capital hole facing some of the nation's biggest banks shortly before concluding its stress tests, following two weeks of intense bargaining.

In addition, according to bank and government officials, the Fed used a different measurement of bank-capital levels than analysts and investors had been expecting, resulting in much smaller capital deficits.

The overall reaction to the stress tests, announced Thursday, has been generally positive. But the haggling between the government and the banks shows the sometimes-tense nature of the negotiations that occurred before the final results were made public.

Government officials defended their handling of the stress tests, saying they were responsive to industry feedback while maintaining the tests' rigor.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124182311010302297.html

The Federal Reserve significantly scaled back the size of the capital hole facing some of the nation's biggest banks shortly before concluding its stress tests, following two weeks of intense bargaining.

In addition, according to bank and government officials, the Fed used a different measurement of bank-capital levels than analysts and investors had been expecting, resulting in much smaller capital deficits.

The overall reaction to the stress tests, announced Thursday, has been generally positive. But the haggling between the government and the banks shows the sometimes-tense nature of the negotiations that occurred before the final results were made public.

Government officials defended their handling of the stress tests, saying they were responsive to industry feedback while maintaining the tests' rigor.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124182311010302297.html

PS LOL it's easy to pass a rigged test

The Obama administration is preparing to revive the system of military commissions established at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, under new rules that would offer terrorism suspects greater legal protections, government officials said.

The rules would block the use of evidence obtained from coercive interrogations, tighten the admissibility of hearsay testimony and allow detainees greater freedom to choose their attorneys, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

The military commissions have allowed the trial of terrorism suspects in a setting that favors the government and protects classified information, but they were sharply criticized during the administration of President George W. Bush. "By any measure, our system of trying detainees has been an enormous failure," then-candidate Barack Obama said in June 2008.

In one of its first acts, the Obama administration obtained a 120-day suspension of the military commissions; that will expire May 20. Human rights groups had interpreted the suspension as the death knell for military commissions and expected the transfer of cases to military courts martial or federal courts.

Officials said yesterday that the Obama administration will seek a 90-day extension of the suspension as early as next week. It would subsequently restart the commissions on American soil, probably at military bases, according to a lawyer briefed on the plan.

"This is an extraordinary development, and it's going to tarnish the image of American justice again," said Tom Parker, a counterterrorism specialist at Amnesty International.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/08/AR2009050804228.html?hpid=topnews

that Obama has been searching for.

should not be allowed to practice therapy ever again.

hope it doesn't get cancelled, along with Terminator.

A recent leak from the White House let slip that Obama is searching for a Supreme Court justice who will overturn Roe v. Wade.

I guess it's payback for all of the money and support he received from organized religion during his campaign.

After spending last week lobbying the Supreme Court to reverse the decision that requires a lawyer present during questioning, Obama has had a busy week destroying the constitution.

A recent leak from the White House let slip that Obama is searching for a Supreme Court justice who will overturn Roe v. Wade.

I guess it's payback for all of the money and support he received from organized religion during his campaign.

and you'll get a different answer.

has been lost forever in favor of JJ Abrams' fast, spinning camera and special effects.

I mourn the loss of Star Trek.

with Obama, Lieberman, and Specter leading the way.

This is not the change that was promised.