Amen! This past week was fascinating for all the hypocrisy it exposed.
The Republicans don't want any government intervention in anything - except when huge sums of money are involved. They don't mind if the American taxpayers bail out banks who made horrible investments with no regulation. And who thought up the laws exempting Money Market funds from regulation - people like Phil Gramm and his cronies.
Gramm called America a "nation of whiners" and said we were in a "mental recession" - but all of the Wall Street fat cats were whining last week and pleading with the Federal Reserve to put them out of their misery.
But they think it's wrong to have government controlled universal health care because it would cost too much money and isn't worth it because it mainly helps the poor. The poor people don't matter, but the rich and might on Wall Street do. If you think about it too much, it will make you crazy.
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Amen! This past week was fascinating for all the hypocrisy it exposed.
The Republicans don't want any government intervention in anything - except when huge sums of money are involved. They don't mind if the American taxpayers bail out banks who made horrible investments with no regulation. And who thought up the laws exempting Money Market funds from regulation - people like Phil Gramm and his cronies.
Gramm called America a "nation of whiners" and said we were in a "mental recession" - but all of the Wall Street fat cats were whining last week and pleading with the Federal Reserve to put them out of their misery.
But they think it's wrong to have government controlled universal health care because it would cost too much money and isn't worth it because it mainly helps the poor. The poor people don't matter, but the rich and might on Wall Street do. If you think about it too much, it will make you crazy.
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Now of course the FAUX News and other right-wing press zombies are pitching the "Obama caused the mortgage crisis" lie. TPM debunks it rather neatly.
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