Our Republic Raped and Still No Revolution!
The Democratic Party wanted more people to own homes. The fact is that the people who got these loans had no business getting them. I agree the bail out is non sense. Something needs to be done though but giving people who are incompentant $700 billion is the wrong move.
One thing the government should stop doing is taxing us to death. Cut the corporate/business tax so business can grow. Get rid of the capital gains tax, and the marriage penalty.
I also wish the government would get rid of some of these social programs that don't work.
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Ken Driessen
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REVOLUTION now or pay $700B to alien bad spawn.
Bush wants to give $700 Billion to his Corporate Nazi Cronies. The same people who have outscourced our jobs, sold weapons to our enemies and want to end Social Security bankrupt our government and nation to put all control into the hands of NEO-NAZI Capialist wasted sperm. I hate to have to refer to such creatures with these negative terms, but they have proven themselves to be even more narcisissic and anal retentive than I can possibly describe. They are putting the future of the entire human family of Earth at risk of extinction for their short term greed.
GOD IS MAMMON BLESSED ARE THE THEIVES AND BOLD FACE STRAIGHT UP LIARS. Are we are not suffering enough yet to bring out the gilloutine of the French revolution? If congress bows to Bush and allows giving 700 billion to the greediest bad spawn on the planet it certainly will be too late for any peaceful revolution.
Beside this the the evil bad spawn are going to get severence packages I have heard to be worth tens of more millions. These creatures are so ruthless and souless as to make Nazis look, well like our government is backing them up like it did Hitler...
CEO Salaries Weather Mortgage Crisis
CEOs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Earned Roughly $30 Million in Salary Last Year
By JUSTIN ROOD
July 21, 2008
RSS The chiefs of the nation's two largest mortgage lenders reaped roughly $30 million in salary, incentives and other perks last year, despite setting their banks on courses which now may require government bailouts.
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 20: Daniel Mudd (L) president and CEO of Fannie Mae and Richard Syron (R)...
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 20: Daniel Mudd (L) president and CEO of Fannie Mae and Richard Syron (R) chairman and CEO of Freddie Mac listen to questions during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill September 20, 2007 in Washington DC. The committee is hearing testimony about the problems with mortgage foreclosures.
(Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Daniel Mudd, the CEO of Fannie Mae, received $11.6 million in salary, stock and other compensation for 2007. Richard Syron, CEO of Freddie Mac, took home about $18.3 million last year.
In addition to Syron's salary, stock options and a $3.45 million bonus, Freddie Mac paid for a number of other perks for Syron, such as a car and driver, a home security system, travel costs for his wife, even $100,000 to pay his lawyer to negotiate his employment contract with the bank.
"Yes, yes," said Freddie Mac spokeswoman Sharon McHale, when asked if Syron's leadership was worth $18 million a year. "He's done a lot." ….
Posted by ABC news at: http://abcnews.go.com/story?id=5413172
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Our Republic Raped and Still No Revolution!
Joel S. Hirschhorn
Are Americans ready for a revolution? What worse than the current meltdown of the financial sector, the unraveling of our economy, and burdening us and future generations with astounding debt is needed to convince Americans that the two-party plutocracy has sold out ordinary Americans? What we are witnessing is far worse than the taxation without representation that spurred the American Revolution. Taxation with MISrepresentation is a greater evil and shameful sellout of democracy that so many Americans have fought and died for.
Yet, despite over 80 percent of Americans saying that the nation is on the wrong track – BEFORE the current financial crisis, Americans sheepishly seem ready and willing this year to keep voting for Democrats and Republicans. If they had one shred of the smartness and courage of our nation’s Founders, they would overwhelmingly vote for third party presidential candidates to send the clearest and most patriotic message possible to the ruling class that has both major parties in their pocket.
Ousting Democrats and Republicans is more justified and needed than removing the tyranny of the King of England. Our elected domestic tyranny operating as a plutocracy masquerading as a democracy has been raping our nation. Yet middle class victims seem more than willing to keep bending over and asking for more pain and insult as they fall hook, line and sinker for the lies of both Barack Obama and John McCain.
It is far too easy, with the financial sector meltdown, for Americans to only blame Republicans. But Bill Clinton started the deregulation of the financial sector and every evil and stupid thing George W. Bush and Republicans have done could not have happened without the cooperation of corrupt and cowardly Democrats in Congress. They too have inflicted economic sodomy on us and contributed to disgracing our Constitution.
What incredible absurdity that the government seems ready to spend $700 billion to bail out countless crooked, mismanaged and greedy companies (and similar money on the Iraq war) and not ever seriously propose to spend that kind of money on rebuilding the nation’s crumbling physical infrastructure that would immediately create millions of new good paying jobs desperately needed by the middle class.
Now is the time for Americans to wake up, stand up and vote down Republicans and Democrats. How wonderful it would be if the candidate that claims the presidency only receives, say, 20 percent of all eligible voters. This is the first necessary step for we the people to take back OUR country.
[Contact Joel S. Hirschhorn through www.delusionaldemocracy.com.]
Delusional democracy breeds delusional prosperity...