My snickers bar melted! Who is bailing me out? Where is my $1.79?
My candy bar melted and I'm out $1.79, someone rescue me! by Aaron Bellyacher
(libertarian)
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Yesterday it was about 85-90 degrees, and I left my snickers on the passenger seat. I was shocked when it melted, I didn't know what to do. I was devastated, then I remembered that all those big investment and insurance companies made some bad purchases and the government gave them their money back, so I'm hoping they will do the same for me.
If they don't send me my $1.79, I'll lose my confidence in the candy industry, which will probably cause a run on chocolates, driving sugar demand lower and lower until Domino and C&H file for bankruptcy protection. I'm certified mailing a copy of the receipt and a picture of the melted candy bar to the Federal Reserve, I'll expect a press conference next week.
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Exactly. Does anyone remember the Savings and Loan scandal of the Reagan Years? According to Project Censored (a Media-research Foundation) Americans have paid hundreds of billions in interest from that bailout. How much are we going to pay for another public bailout brought on by market-based chicanery and fraud? If we're going to bailout someone, we should bailout the home buyers, not banks. This will still help the crisis without consolidating all of the relief in the hands of the market manipulators/influence peddlers that bought the law changes that precipitated this crisis. Think about it, people still would have their homes, paid their mortgages, etc. Why do we insist on bailing out the few criminals instead of the many victims of adjustable-rate mortgages? If there is an accurate description of class warfare, giving relief money to investment corporations instead of investing citizens is it.
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