The headlines the past couple days have been going on about George W. Bush's plan to save our economy. Namely, he wants to bailout the financial industry to the tune of $700 billion dollars. Now, these are the sort of corporations that will throw a small fry like you or me out on the street if we don't pay our obligations. They on the otherhand, are somehow obligated to a bailout when they screw-up. Not just screw-up, but completely royally screw-up.
$700 billion dollars is enough money to give every single man, woman, child, and baby in the United States $2,000. Or, it would be enough to give every single person in the world $700. Every single person. What sort of ridiculous bailout is that? George W. Bush, are you stupid? Do you think this money grows on trees? No, it comes out of taxpayer's pockets. Probably not your pocket, but definitely mine and everyone I know.
The financial industry doesn't deserve a bailout like that. They screwed up. Now they deserve to pay. And pay hard out the nose if need be. I have no sympathy for multi-billion dollar companies who screw up, because when it comes right down to it, they don't care about you or me either... just the bottom line. And now their bottom line has caught up to them, and it's time for them to be put out of our misery... for better or worse.
