Who won?

[Dravyk]

Bill Maher said it right last night. This is socialism for capitalists. This is saying, you screwed everyone in America out of money. For that crime, here's $700 billion more of our money to play with. We know you're going to handle it as well as you did with the previous money.

He also said it is Socialism with the worse part of it, and none of the benefits. No making sure every citizen has a house, has medical care, has an education. But making sure the bankers are bailed out. Pretty much it's the death of capitalism.

Ever notice? A small business owner (like most of us here) takes risks and if you fail you fail. If you're however AT&T or United Airlines or General Motors or a stock brokerage, if you fail, you get a golden parachute at the expense of the citizenry, who have no say in how their money is spent. Lovely system.

[Greg B]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Bill Maher said it right last night. This is socialism for capitalists. This is saying, you screwed everyone in America out of money. For that crime, here's $700 billion more of our money to play with. We know you're going to handle it as well as you did with the previous money.

He also said it is Socialism with the worse part of it, and none of the benefits. No making sure every citizen has a house, has medical care, has an education. But making sure the bankers are bailed out. Pretty much it's the death of capitalism.

Ever notice? A small business owner (like most of us here) takes risks and if you fail you fail. If you're however AT&T or United Airlines or General Motors or a stock brokerage, if you fail, you get a golden parachute at the expense of the citizenry, who have no say in how their money is spent. Lovely system.

Yep sounds familiar like back in Germany when the Nazis came to power. This time Bin Laden wins again by having his cronies bankrupt the country.