Bush's Speech
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Bush's Speech
So, I can't sleep, I need to get up in a couple of hours anyway to go to the airport, so I decide to watch the news.
Oh my God, they just re-played Bush's speech. Oh My God. He's scared. He's really, really scared. You can totally see it in his face, hear it in his voice, and he's fidgeting . . . running his hands back and forth across the podium and it's being picked up by the microphones. That's not reassuring. You can't have a guy who is supposed to be President, who is crapping his pants on live TV, try to explain what the problem is and how "they" are going to fix it. It just doesn't instill confidence!!!!
(Actually, I'm not sure what's scaring him more. The fact that we will most likely go under, or that he's afraid that his legacy will end up being that the Second Great Depression will happen on his watch and so that's all he will be remembered for).
By the way, not once have I heard anything, from all the experts, talk about how if this money is ever paid back, that it will be returned to the taxpayers. And here, in this speech, Bush is saying that in time, "the treasury will be repaid". Uh . . . excuse me. Whatever money is repaid with regard to this bailout should be distributed back to the taxpayers . . . with the interest. All this is separate form the budget and not a part of the normal operating costs of the Federal Govt. It's taking our money to float a loan. The government doesn't get to keep it. It needs to come back to us. Yet all I hear is how the government will be paid back.
I say, take the top 1500 Wall St and finance company execs and take 500 million out of each of their private accounts. That covers it. If it gets paid back they get their money back, with interest. If not, they still are rich and maybe they will learn a lesson.
Oh my God, they just re-played Bush's speech. Oh My God. He's scared. He's really, really scared. You can totally see it in his face, hear it in his voice, and he's fidgeting . . . running his hands back and forth across the podium and it's being picked up by the microphones. That's not reassuring. You can't have a guy who is supposed to be President, who is crapping his pants on live TV, try to explain what the problem is and how "they" are going to fix it. It just doesn't instill confidence!!!!
(Actually, I'm not sure what's scaring him more. The fact that we will most likely go under, or that he's afraid that his legacy will end up being that the Second Great Depression will happen on his watch and so that's all he will be remembered for).
By the way, not once have I heard anything, from all the experts, talk about how if this money is ever paid back, that it will be returned to the taxpayers. And here, in this speech, Bush is saying that in time, "the treasury will be repaid". Uh . . . excuse me. Whatever money is repaid with regard to this bailout should be distributed back to the taxpayers . . . with the interest. All this is separate form the budget and not a part of the normal operating costs of the Federal Govt. It's taking our money to float a loan. The government doesn't get to keep it. It needs to come back to us. Yet all I hear is how the government will be paid back.
I say, take the top 1500 Wall St and finance company execs and take 500 million out of each of their private accounts. That covers it. If it gets paid back they get their money back, with interest. If not, they still are rich and maybe they will learn a lesson.
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