That's actually a question. Why isn't the Wall Street crisis like the war in Iraq? Why should we believe anything this administration tells us? Why aren't we to believe that a group of people are using this crisis (which is real) to drain the country of yet more money?
This is going to be a very short diary. I'm asking for an answer. Can anyone here guarantee to me that this isn't just the final act of the looting of the United States?
I'm tired of the Bush Administration looking the other way, intentionally or not, while a disaster happens, and then finding the way for a rich group of people to profit from it.
At a minimum, I demand that my elected representatives extract from these people SOMETHING in exchange for bailing these big corporations out. My suggestion is that they enact Barack Obama’s tax plan. That would at least put the burden of bailing out Wall Street on the people who most profit from Wall Street, and it would infuse money back into the working world, which may be absolutely necessary to staving off an economic meltdown.
Congress needs to demand something from the Bush Administration before passing their requested bail out. That should include, of course, keeping all judicial and legislative review of what goes on. But it needs to include something truly large, such as the tax package. That way, we can be sure that they are sincere about this. It’s time that the American people got something in return for this. We shouldn’t be in a hurry unless they are willing to deal.
So, before any more damage is done, I just want to call a halt to changing things until I get a clear answer to my question: Can anyone guarantee to me that this isn't just the final act of the looting of the United States?