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WTF?

  • Sep. 30th, 2008 at 2:02 AM
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Wall Street is falling apart, the banking industry is imploding, and there was, supposedly, a deal in Congress to do something about it.

What the hell happened?

Apparently many Republicans in the House ended up voting against it. Was it because of an overly partisan speech by Pelosi? Was it because of a Jewish holiday? No! It was because certain members of the House didn't vote for it after agreeing to vote for it.

The economic disaster isn't going to fade away because it would be convenient for us. Is it a lot of money that will be going into the maelstrom if this thing passes? Yep. And it's taxpayer money. But we're going to be paying one way or another.

Hello! This is important! The "average Americans" all of you talk about while campaigning are the ones who have the most to lose if this mess doesn't get fixed! And some of you have the gall to blame your vote on a Pelosi speech that placed some blame on the president.

Grow. The. Fuck. Up.

Protest the speech, but don't base the future of the economy on a grade-school level pissing match. Say whatever you want about the speech, but base your vote on what is right for the country. If you were saying it was because of the bill, I could at least understand that. But no, that isn't what you say changed your minds.

I spent the entire day standing in front of piles of newspapers with headlines proclaiming that a deal had been reached. The irony was just too much.
  • Mood: pissed off

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[info]chaos_slave wrote:
Sep. 30th, 2008 07:18 am (UTC)
When has anyone done anything for the country in the last few decades?

I am seriously debating stock piling sugar, flour, rice, beans and other dried goods so when we do have a crash and everything shuts down I have goods to barter trade with. *half way joking/half way serious*
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[info]sparkindarkness wrote:
Sep. 30th, 2008 12:28 pm (UTC)
It's sad they devolved to name calling and mud slinging rather than fixing things - but then, I don't think the proposed "bail out" (huge welfare payment to extremely rich people who screwed you over and are now ready to do it again) would have been effective or wise
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[info]thisdaydreamer wrote:
Sep. 30th, 2008 02:46 pm (UTC)
Actually, one of the strings that came with the bill was that is couldn't go to the executives. There would have actually been some oversight where there is none now.

Part of what really gets me is that we have known that this was coming for years. The banks are now in trouble because of many boneheaded decisions that they knew would cause trouble in the future. The future is now. Foreclosures are going through the roof, the housing market is crumbling, banks are failing, and the CEOs are still getting paid millions for being idiots. This bill would have at least been a step towards fixing all of that.
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[info]giantrobokitty wrote:
Sep. 30th, 2008 01:56 pm (UTC)
Darren and I are brushing up on our poor skills just in case. We've both had points in our lives where making $25 worth of food last a month was crucial and it took months to save up enough money for an item costing as little as $15. Now I may love reading about a good dystopian future, but I'd rather not live one. Now all the people Darren had interviews with this week are like "huh, well the economy is going so poorly now I don't know if it's in the budget for us to hire you now". I'm sure it won't be all that bad, but I don't watch the news as often as I used to because it's never anything good anymore
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[info]starjourneying wrote:
Sep. 30th, 2008 06:13 pm (UTC)
I said years ago that the over inflated housing market and cheap mortgages would bring us to this point. What did I do about it? The only thing I knew. Write about my concerns to our state congressmen, live sensibly within my means and not add to the credit bloat, talk to other 'Average Americana' to add their say as concerned voters, and try to live 'green' as I could cutting down on my energy use. All of this was on an individual basis. While I saw the rest of my generation feed on over rated life styles, I was ridiculed for living modestly. Now that the boomers are retired or near retirement, they are telling me I was smart. Yet this markets affects me as much with my future retirement going down the drain due to the market crash.

I was just making up for the 87 plunge--now this. I was angry with the Reagan years and did not vote for Bush. But guess who made it into office? A man who can give a damn about domestic affairs. So should I take a lesson from the 60's and protest again with signs and chanting strike? It just may get to that point. The movement got us out of Vietnam and the start of equality--maybe a good march on Washington will get the Republican congress off their duffs!

I'm not usually a political creature but as an American, maybe it is about time I become more political.
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