I'm not worried.
BUT, then again, I'm depressed. I'm a little confused when I hear the economy is so stressed and the financial "geniuses" all over America are panic stricken. Why wasn't a better plan already in place for this obvious economic collapse.
Oh, for those who don't know, that was President Bush's quote from tonight's primetime Economic Bailout plan address. It was as if he knew the whole thing was bullshit, but if he got on TV he could plead his case to the public. Try this number on for size, 872.6 Billion. That is the June, 2008 totals for the cost of the Iraq war (and some Afghanistan advances). I ditched my economics classes in college, BUT I still know, if you take over 850 billion dollars out of any market, free or manipulated, its going to suffer and suffer in a tremendous way. Bush didn't mention once the war spending and said not to blame the bullshit greedmongering mortage groups FreddieMac and FannieMae. Well who should we blame??
Back to my main point though. There wasn't a better plan in place because four years ago, in 2004, the American people re-elected G.W. Bush. So I think to myself, with the upcoming election approaching faster each day, why should we even let Americans vote anymore?
We seem to be too ignorant, too egocentric and too blind to really put an earnest effort into electing the most effective leader. We keep getting it wrong. I wouldn't trust an American voter with my dirty laundry, it would probably come back with all the pockets ripped out.
Take this quote to heart... "We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics" (Franklin D. Roosevelt).
Apparently, we should blame our History classes in our school system.
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This is what happens when there is no accountability and no consequence for bad governmental and corporate leadership. We as Americans are lazy. For the longest time, "ignorance was bliss" We are now paying for that bliss. To quote a
Spike Lee character from his movie School Daze "WAKE UP!"
Right on Dominic. FDR got a lot of things right and it's going to take a like-minded individual (see: Obama) to get us out of this "quagmire." Hopefully the "race factor" doesn't help the McCain/wolfkiller campaign. We need to get serious about leaving Iraq, innovating and investing in alternative energy, education, repairing our international reputation, and providing a single-payer not-for-profit health care system to all americans. WAKE UP!!!
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