Monday, December 15, 2008

Fiscally Conservative?

Apparently there's a faction of the Republican party that is anything but fiscally responsible.

It used to the democrats that were the friend of big business, and voting Republican meant you opposed that type of collusion. Now the situation has flipped 180 degrees. There may be some real fiscal conservatives in the Republican party, but they are getting harder and harder to find.. it's far easier to find Republican's that talk the talk and are more socially conservative but even there only giving lip service to that ideology.

In the last few days just how much contempt the current president has for the middle class people of our country has come to light. An attempt to rein in the greed found at the top of Wall Street firms and in some banking institutions was eviscerated at the current president's behest.

Why do I say contempt? Very simply it will be every tax payer's dollars that go to provide the money for any bonuses, golden parachutes or pay dividends these executives reap.

Doesn't our president think that these people should be held responsible for the wreckage they've created? No, apparently not.. if your crime is so egregious and your connections so far reaching apparently you can get off scott free for having engineered the failure of your institutions, the bankrupting of hundreds of thousands of people.

Are you responsible for setting in motion events that end up casting millions of people out of work? Not a problem, you're a member of the club, we can't let you suffer. So much for compassion for the people of this country, it looks like that applies to only people above a certain earnings bracket.

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