30 Sep 08
Originally posted by jlillyThe "poor" get shafted every day, in fact, it is the way it always has been and always will be. It is just at times like this that it is more transparent than at other times.
America! Enjoy your poverty! DONT bail out the rich! DONT give the power back to the same twats who screwed you in the first place!
30 Sep 08
Originally posted by howardgeeMe three. 700 billion would pay off every mortgage in the entire US under 75K, so let's just give it to the people who OWE the mortgages--not the idiots who mucked it all up.
Me too...as I predicted a few months ago on these very pages; "Soon the US will be begging China for their old tyres, so that they can burn something to keep warm".
Bring it on.
30 Sep 08
Originally posted by whodeyWell I'm not getting shafted. Then again I'm not poor any more.
The "poor" get shafted every day, in fact, it is the way it always has been and always will be. It is just at times like this that it is more transparent than at other times.
Maybe the poor are always getting shafted is because once they stop getting shafted they're no longer poor.
02 Oct 08
Originally posted by jlillyCongrats -- this is the first post of yours I agree with. Although I'm confused when you say: "America! Enjoy your poverty." I'm more of a Gang of Four guy myself: To Hell With Poverty!
America! Enjoy your poverty! DONT bail out the rich! DONT give the power back to the same twats who screwed you in the first place!
02 Oct 08
Originally posted by PinkFloydoh hey, don't get all socialist on us here. People might accuse you of being a commie.
Me three. 700 billion would pay off every mortgage in the entire US under 75K, so let's just give it to the people who OWE the mortgages--not the idiots who mucked it all up.
Pay off people's mortgage who are bankrupt and you'll have an outcry from the US citizens about unfairness that is louder than Krakotoa was!
If there is one thing Americans can't stand, it's somebody else getting something that they themselves can't have.
02 Oct 08
Originally posted by uzlessWhy don't we ask the people who are still renters or who responsibly pay their mortgage every month on time what they think about paying off someone else's mortgage with their tax money?
oh hey, don't get all socialist on us here. People might accuse you of being a commie.
Pay off people's mortgage who are bankrupt and you'll have an outcry from the US citizens about unfairness that is louder than Krakotoa was!
If there is one thing Americans can't stand, it's somebody else getting something that they themselves can't have.