[CitizensTruth] So Wall Street Wants A Bailout - But To Hell With Main Street - Or Else!

[Daniel Stafford]

*So Wall Street Wants A Bailout - But To Hell With Main Street - Or Else!*

We are threatened with another "great" Depression if we don't bail out 
the banks - we have to add to our debt to make up for their bad debt - 
or else.

No thanks. These people have broken the unspoken contract with everyday 
people long ago.

They kept jacking up the prices, charging more and ever more "fees" and 
interest, all the while running non-stop advertising; "Buy this, you'll 
be ten years younger." "Buy the big house, you'll be able to afford it, 
you'll get raises later or you can sell it at a profit." Yet the raises 
never come, are never enough, and you can't sell it at all anymore. "If 
you don't buy this new TV/Stereo/phone/computer/car/_____ you'll be 
obsolete, you'll be a bum, you'll be yesterday's news." They deregulate 
the utility prices, and I don't know a soul not paying at least double 
if not triple what they were paying for natural gas and electric five 
years ago. Yet are we taking home triple what we were five years ago?

People say "free markets, get rid of the regulations, it'll fix 
everything, and we'll all be rich and...happy?" So, HOW IS THAT WORKIN' 
OUT FOR YA, AMERICA??? They've turned the Ferenghi loose AGAIN, and look 
where we are.

They want to drop another huge economic bomb on the Average Joe/Jane 
again? They want to up our taxes again for THAT? We don't pay enough 
taxes yet?

What are we getting for all these taxes we pay?

The strongest military on Earth? Iraq and Afghanistan have them so 
bogged down they can't handle anything else, and the President has to 
hire a private army at huge expense to "help out," aka Blackwater and 
the like. The National Guard had to be called in so they aren't here at 
home when hurricanes and tornadoes and fires come.

Great health care? You still have to wait to schedule anything 
life-threatening, and an awful; lot of emergency rooms have long waits. 
What is this, Canada? Nope, the Canadians don't get bad credit because 
they don't get billed. Ever looked at how much is deducted from your 
check stub every pay day for health "insurance?"  I know it's about a 
$1,000.00 a month plus for me.

Great schools? Ever seen our latests rankings against the rest of the 
world? How thrilled are teachers with things these days? You know, the 
people who actually know how to teach?

How much cash do you have left to save for retirement or buy Christmas 
and birthday presents of late? What? You've been buying those on your 
credit cards but they're all maxed out now?

Isn't consumerism and a government run by "fiscal deregulators" grand? 
They think government sucks, and they are running it in a fashion meant 
to prove it. To hell with anyone hungry or homeless, or needing an 
education so they can be productive. The "mentally disabled?" They got 
put out on the streets in the 1980's. Don't look too close at that pile 
of reeking old clothes in the alley, America. The physically disabled? I 
have friends who are fighting chronic illnesses that are being treated 
like dirt and left without medications or food left right and sideways 
these last few years.

Got great jobs America? How's the fast food and discount store market 
doing ya? Hey, didn't you used to work at the factory down the street? 
Too bad they moved production to Taiwan/Mexico/China/Korea/Vietnam - 
yep, Vietnam. I have shirts made there. These days, I'm pleasantly 
shocked when I can find a product with "made in the USA" on its label. I 
still wonder about the parts that went into it, if its anything nearly 
complicated to have parts. Guess you'll have to drive that hour or two 
into the city, if you can find something there that covers your gasoline 
costs. Or you can go on the train and spend double the time in transit 
unless you're lucky enough to live right on top of the tracks.

Got a clean environment? Living polar bears or any fish in the oceans? 
Fish you can eat more than once a week without getting mercury poisoning?

I could go on and on, but "privatization" and "free markets" have 
brought us to the point where the only American companies making any 
money are defense contractors and oil companies.

All this, and the bosses want to drop economic Armageddon on us if we 
don't all fork over about $3,000.00  - just for starters, might be more.

I don't think so.

How about we all do this - stop paying that mortgage that is eating half 
or more of your paycheck. Just cut it out, stop sending the checks. 
Cancel the homeowners' insurance, the car insurance, the health 
insurance. Don't drive a friggin' mile you don't have to. Stop paying 
credit card bills. Don't buy a dang thing you don't absolutely have to 
in order to eat and keep from freezing. Turn the thermostat way down or 
burn wood. Turn the TV's off, unplug anything you don't have to keep 
running. Burn candles unless you really need a big light. Hey, tea 
lights are romantic. Let's all develop Great Depression consumption 
habits before they hand us the official version. As your surviving 
Grandparents for tips. They'll love that you finally had some time to 
spend with them.

You see, we the Average Joes 'n Janes could drop an economy bomb too. 
They just don't believe we could all get together enough to do it.

How about, if Wall Street gets a debt reset on us, we get a debt reset 
too? Every loan, globally, at every level, is wiped out. Reset the 
entire friggin' WORLD'S balance sheets, or else. Hey, and while your at 
it, knock off all the BS fees, give us hand-counted paper elections 
reporting at the precinct level with citizen observers guaranteed 
seating at the counts, utterly divested media, and a cap on taxation of 
5% Federal, 5% state, and 5% local, period, that's all they get and in 
sales taxes only.

Nobody owes anyone a friggin' penny, let alone a dime.

What do you think, Cats - can we make a herd and whup this mess?

Oh, and throw in a good night's sleep at least twice a week while 
they're at it.

It's time we got our "ruling-class leaders" to get it: they need to KISS 
OUR CLASS.

Dan Stafford
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