Down with Tyranny waxes poetic:
“The laissez fairies who are all hands off when ordinary Americans lose their homes and jobs and savings– often due to corruption and incompetence at the top of the economic ladder– but when these big corporations start to totter, due to their own malfeasance, the government steps in with our tax dollars to save the day.”
He’s right. If the deified Market Forces were really allowed to determine what happens, Wall Street would have relocated to Bumfuck, Kentucky ages ago.
Bear Stearns corporate welfare exploits the big lie that conservatives want a government so small you can drown it in a bathtube. They want government (as it represents the people) on its knees and at their service.
This is how the GOP sees fit to spend your tax dollars–not maintaining infrastructure, not on Recovery for Katrina, not on cleaner air, or affordable energy, nothing that serves the people, the common good.
Filed under: Business, Corporate Welfare, Economy, Government, Haves/HaveNots, Politics | Tagged: Bear Stearns, Tax Dollars, Why it matters
I’m posting this “discussion” I had at Down with Tyranny under Bear Stearns because it’s relevant. I realize I went ad hominem ape-shit on anonymous, but I also pointed out the problem with his initial response which was idiotic.
At 6:28 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…
SO, if this is the fault of GOP policies, should we embrace the liberal policies of complete government control over the economy?? Just thought I’d ask.
At 7:27 AM, OpenID writechic said…
Wow, good idea posting anonymously, wouldn’t want your false dichotomy a la home-schooled retard approach attached to your good name.
At 7:40 AM, OpenID writechic said…
“The laissez fairies who are all hands off when ordinary Americans lose their homes and jobs and savings– often due to corruption and incompetence at the top of the economic ladder– but when these big corporations start to totter, due to their own malfeasance, the government steps in with our tax dollars to save the day.”
You, my friend (in the non-McCain sense), could read this bit on Def Poetry Jam.
If the deified Market Forces were really allowed to determine what happens, Wall Street would have relocated to Bumfuck, Kentucky ages ago.
Bear Stearns corporate welfare exploits the big lie that conservatives want a government so small you can drown it in a bathtube. They want government (as it represents the people) on its knees and at their service.
At 8:25 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…
1) I was not homeschooled. I went to a private school. Even so, I still emerged smarter than the retards that go through the government-funded public school system.
2)Government control over the economy isn’t going to solve anything. The free market should be allowed to work. Besides, corruption exists in government, the difference is that the government is not accountable to anyone. At least corporate execs must answer to their shareholders.
3) As much as conservatives would LIKE to have smaller government, this has become impossible since the Great Society and the programs that it implemented (thank you LBJ, you liberal moron!)
At 9:09 AM, OpenID writechic said…
Oh, my bad, then I defer to the delicate, anonymous genius nurtured at Our Lady of Informal Logical Fallacies.
Yet, the article never suggested implementing “liberal policies of complete government control over the economy.” It pointed to the hypocrisy of rewarding Bear Stearns with corporate welfare after it ran a business badly and fucked over its shareholders.
Furthermore, “free market working” does not equal a government bailout. (That’s 10 knuckle raps with a ruler for you.)
Your conservative hero, Bush increased federal spending by 45% in his first 5 years in office. So, you really just sound like a big, whiny pussy bringing LBJ into this.
(And for that, bend over and take it like a man from Father Peter Phile.)
At 11:31 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…
Go ass-fuck yourself!
At 12:14 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…
….wait, I’m deeply sorry, wc. I did not mean “go ass-fuck yourself.”
I meant I am a pussy, and I was wrong.
At 12:17 PM, OpenID writechic said…
Gee, anonymous, that was very nice of you. I accept your apology.
I need a shower.
Well, I’m sorry. It wasn’t my website; so I didn’t have to play nicey hostess and try to elevate the discourse. I just really wanted to throw down today celebrating St. Paddy’s.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Drink of choice? Robitussin and Nyquol (sp?).
ahhhhhhh…
Nyquil:
the nighttime,sniffleing,sneezeing,coughing,aching,stuffy head,fever,wake-up-on-the-floor-wondering-what-the hell just happened and why is everything still spinning
medicine.
Heres to ya, kid!!
That’s the one, and the proper spelling.
I’m still freakin miserable. Everything aches, and my head weighs 40 lbs.
Storms are coming. They’ll probably get you tomorrow night if they don’t fizzle through Georgia.