My favorite columnist, Michelle Malkin has a great article that I wish every American would read. Malkin hits on several points that I have been pondering… what if John McCain had stood up with a great big thunderous NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO to the first bail out bill? What if all the Senators had listened to the voters who phoned, e-mailed, demanded and begged for a NO vote?
The Democrats attempt to be the victims in all this mess but to me they are the ones who have the biggest share of the blame. Add to that a new President who wishes to change the fabric of America and within a few months is succeeding in doing so, and we have a real crisis. It was the hurry up and pass out the taxpayer money, the crisis/catastrophe shove that got this debt ball going faster than a snow ball to you know where going to the mess we have today!
Those who voted for the first bailout are the biggest hypocrites of all.
Michelle Malkin says it much better than I, so I encourage you to read the entire article and the comments written by other Americans.
I share her opening paragraph here:
My syndicated column today looks at the award-winning performances of Washington hypocrites outraged by the AIG entitlement beast they nurtured through four massive bailout infusions.
Her ending statement:
If Washington’s newfound opponents of rewarding failure want to do taxpayers a favor, how about giving back their automatic pay raises? How about returning all their AIG donations? How about taking back all the bailout money to all the failed enterprises, from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to AIG, the automakers, and the big banks? Barry? Harry? Nancy? John? Chris? Bueller? Bueller?
And- one of the comments shared by readers of her column:
1. Mrs. Malkin, thanks for the informative column.
2. It’s a shame that folks in this country don’t know the basics of the Constitution anymore. If only they’d read skim it, they’d know that this indignation is unfounded. The executive branch executes the laws written by the legislative branch. As Mrs. Malkin’s column states, the law passed by Congress (thank you Sen. Dodd) actually sought to protect the bonuses. Now Obama is looking for all “legal means” to get the money back? I see that was the plan all along. “The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.” Proverbs 22:7
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