Economy, Politics, and Sin(fest)...

[cat_77]

So the president is warning that, if we do not pass this huge bill to bail out big business, we're going to go into a recession.

Er, aren't we already in one? I mean, really, we've got inflation, job loss, people struggling to survive on the little they are making while the economy and some would argue society as a whole goes to crap. But the best way to make things better is to bail out companies against Federal laws, not to mention first try to sneak it by without approval, and charge every man, woman, and child roughly $3500.00 in taxes to do so? Why can't they take responsibility for themselves? Why can't they file Bankruptcy like literally hundreds of people are doing each week? Why do we need to fix their messes?

In a slightly more amusing take on the whole thing, check out Sinfest starting with Sunday's and scrolling through to today's, which is truly awesome.

Comments

[tejas.livejournal.com]

So, the problem here is that they ended up loaning lots of money to poor people who couldn't repay it, is that the case?

*I* have an idea. Why not have the government simply pay those loans?????

Call it 'trickle up'.

[threnodyjones.livejournal.com]

Now I'm picturing Sheppard as NotDepressed!Uncle Sam...