Let's talk about financial crisis' that our national government has "dealt" with for years. Scott Martelle reports in the LA Times, making note that "For many of us, The Great Recession just keeps on trucking". Martelle has been reporting and providing opinion pieces for LA Times for quite some time and can be considered moderately credible in this articles. Frankly, I couldn't agree more having seen many so called white collard workers knocked down to lower jobs or without a job in general. Ofcourse aren't we on the upper end of this recession? Not exactly... Recently jobs rates have seen new percentages but over all the long-lasting unemployment seems to milk as much as it can. Where is our government with all of this? Addressing other issues I'm sure. A large number of people (45% of those asked if government should get us out of this mess) reacted saying government "should act" versus put it on the shoulders for private-sector initiatives to play part. Martelle is clearly targeting the average worker as an audience. Since that is who this concerns. Martelle makes a concluding point that although "Wall Street maybe soaring, most of us are not." Martelle makes an underlying message for us to essentially point the finger back at our national government, asking what are they going to do about it? 

Article. LATIMES. "The Great Recession: The financial crisis that keeps on giving"

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-unemployment-great-recession-personal-finances-rutgers-2014009926-story.html