[Politics] Bailing

[digitaldiscipline]

So, how about the Fed offering to throw itself (and, by extension, the American taxpayers) on that grenade, huh? Man, that gives me some warm fucking fuzzies. Makes me wish I were an incompetent, avaricious captain of industry, so I could engage in risky behavior and not get burned at the stake when the consequences caught up to me and the larger economy. Their fuckup, their bill. Isn't that how the free market works? Ahh, I love the scent of artificial naivete in the morning. It smells like... well, cheap hot cocoa, actually.



If you are still undecided about which candidate's tax plan you want to see implemented, allow me to make a none-too-subtle suggestion: The candidate who is going to lower your taxes while increasing the tax burden on the assholes who created this bullshit.


For the slow folks in the audience, that's the guy with (D)-IL next to his name on the Senate roster and the running mate who isn't actively impeding a state investigation into illegal activities by having folks ignore subpoenas.

Comments

[emzebel.livejournal.com]

Word. I was thinking about this when I was listening to NPR this morning - someone asked a question about how politics plays into this and how the candidates should respond and they softpedaled the answer to who you think can best rebuild, etc.

I cannot conceive of how anyone can think that giving tax breaks and bailouts to the very people who caused this mess while doing almost nothing for the real flesh and blood of the US is the right way to bolster our economy. And clearly, 8 years of dismantling financial regulations and encouraging gigantic corporations to make money hand over fist until the bottom falls out has worked well with the current administration. Corporate welfare and laisse fare enforcement are definitely the way to "change".

ETA: Although, actually the bring about the end times theory espoused in that comic might not be as far off from some of the Republicans' goal as we'd hope.

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

I just love that we're in the midst of failing financial institutions with a (mostly-exonerated) member of the Keating Five on the ballot for President, while the son of the guy in charge then is the guy in charge now, all caused by imprudent real estate lending.

If we're reliving the 1980's, why isn't the music better?

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Was the music in the 80's good? I was listening to a lot of Billy Joel and Bon Jovi.

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

20 years ago, Joy Division was reforming into New Order, Floodland was coming off a run of top-20 singles, Pet Shop Boys were throwing up hit after hit, Guns'n'Roses and Metallica didn't suck yet, David Lee Roth's solo career was amusing instead of sad and tired, NWA released "Straight Outta Compton", Phil Collins was releasing his best solo stuff, it goes on and on.

Oh, and Bon Jovi released New Jersey 20 years ago last Sunday.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

See? Folks, this is what supporting your assertions with facts will do for your argument - Pete is, in fact, right.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

I like this new ad because it addresses the question, who is giving each candidate economic advice?

John McCain is listening to Carly Fiorina & Phil Gramm. I wouldn't trust either one of them with the economy.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't think Ms. Fiorina is getting much ear time these days after the big dis on Wednesday, when she said, on the air, that she doesn't think either McCain or Palin is qualified to run HP.

Then again, neither was Fiorina, and she got a big fucking golden parachute when they kicked her ass to the curb.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know she's not on the team any more. But she was, for months. That's the kind of person McCain thinks can help him shape his economic policy?

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Because we don't have the seed capital to short sell a lot of crap and get rich off it like ikilled007 does, much to my chagrin (not that he's rich, but that i'm not)

[argylerockstar.livejournal.com]

Our country wanted to see how free markets worked. They are seeing the end result now and are doing a quick backstroke to say, "OMG! We can't let the free market go down like this!" They are also learning that free markets don't work for needs like healthcare or food.