Ok - Let's step back from the left vs. right debate for a second andlook at this like it really is.
(NOTE: I'm going to make some broad generalizations here, but I'm trying to make a general point. There are always exceptions to the rule, and not everyone is as bad as I'm about to paint them)
The economy sucks right now because the majority of Americans are stupid, foolish morons who can't contain themselves financially and it's at the point now where we NEED the government to step in and manage our bank accounts for us.
Over the past 10 to 20 years, stupid Americans bought SUV's, maxed their credit cards, got mortgages based on day-to-day salary as opposed to savings-account security and put themselves into a situation where they have no fallback position when disaster strikes.
Americans are stupid people, by and large. Now, combine their stupidity with a conservative regime who's motto was "Government should stay out of the lives of Americans and their businesses" and you got a recipe for complete economic disaster. Cutting taxes, cutting spending for social programs, etc... basically, the message was "Here - take your $300 a year back and use it however you want. Meanwhile, we're going to cut back on things like Social Security and Medicare benefits down the road and let the next regime deal with the mess."
You see, Americans NEED the government to set regulations and limits and run their lives because these people are too stupid to do it themselves. They can't control themselves. Yes, this is a socialist philosphy - but guess what? Too many Americans, both in the public, private and domestic sectors, are greedy idiots with no concept of self-control.
Now, when liberals take control of things, the conservatives put on their blinders and just scream about Government spending and Government interference and Death Panels and all this other garbage.
But what they don't realize (or refuse to accept) is that most of the people in this country are too stupid to be trusted on their own. These people don't think rationally. They don't plan things out for the long term. These people live day-to-day thinking everything is fine and that it's ok not to have any savings or to be thrifty or picky about their spending habits. Most Americans could care less about making the world a better place. Most Americans are only worried about frivolous things.
These morons are the people who ruin it for everyone else. These idiots are the reason insurance companies are strangling everyone to death (literally). These idiots are the reason businesses have to lay people off and move out of the country to stay in business. Unions, for example, are killing the businesses in this country and inflatiing the price of everything from bus fares, to school taxes. Groups of stupid, greedy people getting together to force businesses to provide them with salaries and benefits that the businesses themselves are just barely able to afford and still be profitable. And then morons like Lou Dobbs cry about companies outsourcing everything... well, get a clue LOU!
Bottom line? It's OUR FAULT the country is in the mess it's in.
I applaud Obama for stepping in and FINALLY regulating things and offering more options. Sure, the blowhards will cry about the Government interfereing in everything - but without the intereference, the country will crumble under it's own greedy stupidity.
Until someone comes along and proposes a better idea (instead of just bashing the current policies for the sake of elections), then government-interfernce is the only way to go.
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