Even besides the civil liberties, people that think bad policies aren't affecting our every day life just aren't paying attention.
The fact that we are paying near $100/barrel for oil and high gas prices even in the face of low demand (15 year time frame) is blamed on refinery fires and Isaac and blah blah blah. But it is just another symptom of our money turning to trash to pay for the infinite black hole of corporate bailouts.
Everyone's ok being a frog boiling in the pot so far, just wait until elections are over. This financial repression party is just getting started - get ready for some $8 bread.
And the banks have their grip on everything now. You can't even open a checking account to hold your own damn money without having a credit check. Credit checks will be required for everything soon.