This is the only time that I will express my opinion on what's going on in this country. I normally don't comment on this sort of thing, but I am so enraged that I have to say something!
Honestly, I think the $700 billion bailout plan is a hoax to possibly give more money to those crooks and thieves in Washington who had gotten us into this financial mess in the first place. Why should this money go to big businesses instead of the TAXPAYERS?! I am sure that a huge sum of money like that would help a lot of Americans out of debt and free them up to spend money to boost the economic structure, but that's not an option. I am sure that funding can be provided to health care and education with all of that money, but that's not an option either. If the government wants to fix the economy, it should do so from the bottom to the top and not the other way around. Who in the world thought that Henry Paulson was a role model of trustworthy nature and good standing to be able to rightfully have control over $700 billion dollars?!! Whose to say that he wouldn't just take some of that money to line the pockets of friends in high places in addition to this so-called mission to help the American people?
What REALLY pisses me off is this fear tactic being pushed to the citizens if this bill doesn't get passed! It looks to me like even if the bill gets passed, something is STILL going to end up getting the short end of the stick!! It seems like we're damned if we do and damned if we don't, so why bother with the bailout plan anyway?!
There are dire consequences to be expected as we go further without a solution to this financial problem, but that's EXACTLY what life is: tough shite!! Yes, more people may end up losing jobs and true, more businesses may fail. But people taking advantage of the system to satisfy their own greed should have been mindful of this a long time ago!! This only proves that we are all intertwined and affected by each other's actions, good and bad. Maybe this country needs to go through another Great Depression to teach those guilty ones in Wall Street and Washington a lesson in reaping what they sew!! If the average American ran into similar kind of trouble with personal finances, I seriously doubt that the government would step in to bail them out!! This just goes to show that our leadership doesn't care about the American citizens as much as they care about the money they're providing in taxes! The only agenda on Wall Street and Washington is to help big business and screw over the American people by sticking them with paying this huge bill, and I am sick of it!!!
On top of that I have to sit back and listen to the same old politics as usual via speeches filled with empty promises and loaded rhetoric! Fingers being pointed back and forth when candidates said aloud they would avoid such childishness is a waste of time, but it generates TV ratings and money for big business. I am even tempted to boycott my own vote because I don't think that either McCain OR Obama are good enough candidates for the White House!
This country had gone to the wild dogs with its reliance on credit and foreign energy resources, and it has come back to bite us in the arse!! At this point as congressmembers bicker and candidates argue and the President looks like a darn fool, my confidence in our government to solve this mess has completely vanished.
I hope that with time I will calm down about this situation once I find out more information and become more open to possible solutions, but I really don't know. This reminds me of the Roman Empire and how that didn't last forever as a superpower...maybe our time has come to an end.
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TRENT
Sent from my MacBook Pro
Honestly, I think the $700 billion bailout plan is a hoax to possibly give more money to those crooks and thieves in Washington who had gotten us into this financial mess in the first place. Why should this money go to big businesses instead of the TAXPAYERS?! I am sure that a huge sum of money like that would help a lot of Americans out of debt and free them up to spend money to boost the economic structure, but that's not an option. I am sure that funding can be provided to health care and education with all of that money, but that's not an option either. If the government wants to fix the economy, it should do so from the bottom to the top and not the other way around. Who in the world thought that Henry Paulson was a role model of trustworthy nature and good standing to be able to rightfully have control over $700 billion dollars?!! Whose to say that he wouldn't just take some of that money to line the pockets of friends in high places in addition to this so-called mission to help the American people?
What REALLY pisses me off is this fear tactic being pushed to the citizens if this bill doesn't get passed! It looks to me like even if the bill gets passed, something is STILL going to end up getting the short end of the stick!! It seems like we're damned if we do and damned if we don't, so why bother with the bailout plan anyway?!
There are dire consequences to be expected as we go further without a solution to this financial problem, but that's EXACTLY what life is: tough shite!! Yes, more people may end up losing jobs and true, more businesses may fail. But people taking advantage of the system to satisfy their own greed should have been mindful of this a long time ago!! This only proves that we are all intertwined and affected by each other's actions, good and bad. Maybe this country needs to go through another Great Depression to teach those guilty ones in Wall Street and Washington a lesson in reaping what they sew!! If the average American ran into similar kind of trouble with personal finances, I seriously doubt that the government would step in to bail them out!! This just goes to show that our leadership doesn't care about the American citizens as much as they care about the money they're providing in taxes! The only agenda on Wall Street and Washington is to help big business and screw over the American people by sticking them with paying this huge bill, and I am sick of it!!!
On top of that I have to sit back and listen to the same old politics as usual via speeches filled with empty promises and loaded rhetoric! Fingers being pointed back and forth when candidates said aloud they would avoid such childishness is a waste of time, but it generates TV ratings and money for big business. I am even tempted to boycott my own vote because I don't think that either McCain OR Obama are good enough candidates for the White House!
This country had gone to the wild dogs with its reliance on credit and foreign energy resources, and it has come back to bite us in the arse!! At this point as congressmembers bicker and candidates argue and the President looks like a darn fool, my confidence in our government to solve this mess has completely vanished.
I hope that with time I will calm down about this situation once I find out more information and become more open to possible solutions, but I really don't know. This reminds me of the Roman Empire and how that didn't last forever as a superpower...maybe our time has come to an end.
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TRENT
Sent from my MacBook Pro
1 comment:
Trent, that country and its money management and its economical structure is horrid. All I can personally say is, God free you of all your debt and help your suceed through your electric circuitry classes!
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