On Aug 27, 7:44*am, "Robert Green" wrote:
"Han" wrote in message
BS. *If you want another Depression with 20+ % unemployment, do go and
cut everything but the pentagon and Congress's expenses.
I have come to the conclusion that's exactly what some people want. *They're
like the nurses who nearly kill patients by stopping their hearts with
medication so they can get credit for reviving them. *They never see
themselves as guilty of attempted murder. *Yet they are.
When I see the naked contempt people have for the government and for Obama,
I assume they really have the same naked contempt for the entire country.
How could they not? *They don't seem able to respect the fact that they were
outvoted and the majority has spoken. *If they can't respect the outcome of
an election how can they really respect the institution of democracy? *They
can't. *They want everything to happen their way and consider any other
viewpoint, even the majority's, as wrong and needing correction or
obstruction. *And they're not shy in saying so. )-:
Were you asleep during the Bush years? You who
claim to be a Republican? The lib loons villified him
every day and never accepted that he won the election.
How the near-collapse of the economy by investment bankers taking wild risks
on incredibly mis-rated securities with other people's money turned into an
assault on teachers, unions and governments is beyond me. *Those people and
institutions were for the most part the victims of pension fund raiders, not
the perpetrators.
Much is beyond you. Let me help you out. First,
as I've pointed out to you many times, this recession
was not caused solely by wall street. It was collective
greed from not only wall street, but people who
bought homes they could not afford, often with little
or no down payment. Govt encouraged and even
forced these loans to be made. People bought
these houses in many cases on the false notion
that real estate can only go up. No different
than other boom/bust cycles in free economies.
What you call an assault on teachers and unions
is citizens realizing that a lot of their ever higher tax
burden is going to unions and teachers that have
employment benefits that are far better than their
own. As an example, our local police chief
retired here and the next week started a job
as the head of the police training academy.
That type of deal is common. You can retire
with a very generous pension and then
immediately take another govt job.
So, citizens decided it was time to bring
things more in line. Little things, like asking
those unions to pay a small part of their
healthcare coverage costs. Things that
are common in the private sector.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the people who transferred all of that
wealth to themselves are trying to finger *anyone* else for the economy's
collapse. *I'll bet they take really extravagant vacations with that money
the carved out of our savings and investments that makes Obama's Spanish
vacation look like a busman's holiday. *FWIW, this article:
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug...chelle-spain-2...
gives the *real* story, not some made up partisan drivel meant to sling mud
and little more.
Witch-hunting and demonizing are sadly how societies tend to react: *Bad
economy in 1930's Germany, blame the Jews. *In Italy? *Blame the Gypsies!
In America, blame the illegal aliens, the poor, the Indians - whoever's
close by.
You mean like how you always blame Wall Street?