Bail out America

The government doesnt care about getting society out of debt.  if they did, do you think they would be trying to sell us new cars and saying to take out loans to go to college.....only to find that once you get out of college you will not get the job you worked for.  And if we dont owe the government interest, how are they going to afford to buy bombs.  Maybe what we need to do is stop buying shit we dont need, like tv's and mp3 players.  Maybe then we wouldnt be in the trouble we are in.  How can the government expect us to get out of debt, when they are in debt.  We need to start leading by example.  It's embarrassing to say i live in America, a country who cant keep their noses out of other countries' problems.  What gave us the idea that it was right to go overseas and waste money for years, just to tell someone how to run their government.  I can't really expect anything better from a society who only cares about two things, sex and money.

I totally agree - give the money to the people - gee I thought that this was a government BT THE PEOPLE - FOR THE PEOPLE.  And not those greedy executives who need 3 or 4 homes and the same number of cars.  Now, I am not against rich people who have worked hard to make something of themselves - like the Armours, etc. in the old days.  When people came here with $20 bucks in their pocket, a dream and a good idea.  The vast majority of executives though are not that kind.  Greed, greed and more for me.  Well, those people on Wall Street who got all of those bonuses - I say that the new Secretary of Treasury go back to each company who received money and first make them return those bonuses.  Then, have each one audited as to where all that bailout money went - down to the penny.  Anything that does not help the economy - back to the government.  Afterall it is the taxpayers money. 

That is the problem - no accountability.  I know of 1 bank holding company who requested $250 million in this bailout.  They did not have any toxic loans, they were not failing - no they just wanted to go out and purchase more community banks.  Hello - how does that help the economy?  That money should have gone to loan out to people in the community.  But no, I'm sure that they paid huge bonuses to the senior management staff, bought a few new cars for them, paid their insurance, license fees and gas.  Screw the worker who deals with the customers on a daily basis and help them.  Who make the bank successful.  When you think about it - it is the worker in the lower and middle levels that are keeping the companies going and they get nothing.  I know, I worked for this company for almost 14 years and got kicked out - too old and making too much - gee, if that was the case, where was all that money???  I know I didn't get it.

Personally, I think the famous line from the movie Network would be quite appropriate at this point.  If they can organize a "Hands Across America"  they could organize this.  Have everyone who is angry at this economy and how we got hear should open their windows at the exact same moment and in one loud voice say "I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANY LONGER".  That might get some attention.