are you upset? are you worried? i am. whenever i have gone to Las Vegas and lost money gambling, the casinos NEVER ONCE covered my losses. NOT ONCE! i took risks and gambled and had some really great up moments. but i did gamble and lose - not only my gains, but all of my money. the fact that no casino has come forward to pay me back my losses is just wrong. so i got a lawyer and plan on suing Las Vegas and the casinos and insist they cover my risks and pay for my travel expenses as well.
okay, back to reality: does that sound stupid to you? it should.
we (you and i) are being asked - told - to cover and pay for the losses of the wealthiest of wall street and in paying for those losses will get nothing in return. does that sound good to you? sound fair? it is robbery. what can be done right now is to call and email your elected representatives and oppose the $700 billion bailout. i cannot stress that enough. stop whatever it is that you are doing and CALL THEM RIGHT NOW TO OPPOSSE THIS BAILOUT. if you have time to think about it, you can do it.
contact congress:
http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/index.htm
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
(this site is great but has been jammed with people accessing it to call their reps)
US House switchboard: 202-225-3121
contact the senate NOW:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
US Senate switchboard: 202-224-3121
i am completely beside myself anger and resentment with the railroaded plan to give $700 billion (actually with interest $1.2 trillion) to save wall street from its bad investments. i hope you are too. if not, keep sleeping.
if your elected official doesn’t oppose this bailout, then it’s safe to assume they are in the back pocket of a corporation or company that is a part of this mess. yes, i am watching you barack obama.
from the article by William Greider titled ‘Paulson Bailout Plan a Historic Swindle‘:
If Wall Street gets away with this, it will represent an historic swindle of the American public–all sugar for the villains, lasting pain and damage for the victims.
from the article by Paul Krugman titled ‘Good Ideas and Lies‘:
if Paulson can’t be honest about what he himself sent to Congress — if he not only made an incredible power grab, but is now engaged in black-is-white claims that he didn’t — there is no reason to trust him on anything related to his bailout plan.
big thanks to CSPAN junkie for the availability of the video clips!
giantmonster would like to thank ohio congressman