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[Jon325i]

Here's the so-called bailout bill. This thing is so ripe with pork projects I hope to god the House of Representatives shoots this thing out of the sky. Business-as-usual is alive and well in Washington DC

http://www.kfbk.com/cc-common/mlib/613/10/613_1222882477.pdf

Jon

[E30Idea]

I dont think so Skooter!
This whole deal is a pile of shit! We need to get rid of the idiots that messed this all up in the first place than get ourselves back on track. You cant polish a turd!

[archemedes]

I dont think so Skooter!
This whole deal is a pile of shit! We need to get rid of the idiots that messed this all up in the first place than get ourselves back on track. You cant polish a turd!

wouldn't getting rid of the ones who caused the mess mean clearing everyone out?

[Pinepig]

wouldn't getting rid of the ones who caused the mess mean clearing everyone out?

Excellent idea. I know damn well I won't be voting for my two fine Senators, Boxlicker and Fineswine.

[rwh11385]

Both my senators are excellent, but they got conned into this. So stupid to bail out companies that made bad investments. The only reason to bail them out, which no one is mentioning, is that the government forced Fannie and Freddie to increase the mortgages for low and middle income people. That created the bubble by messing with the market and demand, and when they couldn't pay... created excess supply and the price crash and all this drama.

But hey, Clinton was the best president in the last decade right? He can't do any evil besides Monica. He was very pro home ownership for all, but what could have been the problem with that? Oh okay, let's blame bush for failed economic policies...

[Farbin Kaiber]

Excellent idea. I know damn well I won't be voting for my two fine Senators, Boxlicker and Fineswine.

I was just thinking about those hags after seeing the vote roster in another thread. Time for some replacments ladies.

[e30sd]

http://economistsview.typepad.com/ec...ccains-bi.html

[Note: The OMB estimates earmarks to be 16.9 billion in 2008. Current federal expenditures for 2008 are not yet available, so the chart uses the 2007 value of 2880.5 billion from the BEA (the ratio is approximately one half percent, i.e. 0.59%). Since federal expenditures for 2008 will exceed those of 2007, this means that the area for earmarks shown in the diagram is overestimated, i.e. it is larger than the true value. The NY Times also notes that "earmarks ... make up less than 1% of the federal budget."].

[Jon325i]

I know its not the most "ideal" way to solve things, but sometimes the best lessons learned are the harshest one. Rather than have the Gub-ment get involved, let the market sort out this mess on its own. No safety nets, no tax payer funded handouts, and certainly no pork-barrel projects to muck things up. Doing this would probably mean a long and deep recession - the like of which this country hasn't seen/experienced in a long long time and would most certainly spread worldwide to varying degrees. The shit will eventually get sifted out and anyone holding a position of political power would be shown the door.

Tough lesson for sure, but one that wouldn't be forgotten for at least a generation or two.

Jon

[Farbin Kaiber]

Who knows, I just hope my children don't save old mayonaise jars like my Grandma did her whole life due to her experiences during the Great Depression.

[Money$hit]

hear ye hear ye


Barack, the first term senator, turned president will solve it all.

[Vedubin01]

Who knows, I just hope my children don't save old mayonaise jars like my Grandma did her whole life due to her experiences during the Great Depression.

Thats funny, we are currently cleaning out my grand fathers estate and have found hundreds of those everywhere....

[CarsSuck]

whats really funny is your crazy grandparents are probably about the same age as John McCain, and you guys are still gonna vote for him.

[Pinepig]

hear ye hear ye


Barack, the first term senator, turned president will solve it all.

You owe me a keyboard fucker.:)

[Vedubin01]

whats really funny is your crazy grandparents are probably about the same age as John McCain, and you guys are still gonna vote for him.

Mine got 20 years on McCain.

[DSP74]

What a fucking load of shit. Why can't these motherfuckers pass something (ANYTHING not just this) that is for the people and doesn't include a bunch of BULL SHIT spending wrapped up inside it to help it slide through.