campaign comments

It is good to see residents passionate about their politics, and political choices. The facts sometimes suffer in the heat of that passion tho. We have had a progressive tax system for the last century, and is based on the ideas of Teddy Roosevelt, whom McCain says is one of his idols. Those who make more have ALWAYS been asked to pay more. Socialism is when the government takes over big banks or big businesses, like the Republicans have just done in the past month, with Lehman Bros, AIG, etc. etc. Are the Republicans saying they LIKE socialism when it bails their greedy corporate butts out, but DONT like it when it gives the average guy a break? How convenient, not to mention self-serving and hypocritical.

hypocrisy on the hoof

I couldnt agree more that its not fair that Joe Sixpack has to bail out those greedy and crooked SOBs. It is also true that Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac contributed to the problem. I dont think either party has the greed and criminal market cornered. I blame the Republicans, starting with Phil Graham in 1999, for the deregulation process that eliminated the oversight functions and allowed the crooks and greedy predators to proliferate, manipulate, and steal at will. If not for deregulation there would have been regulations and oversight for Wall Street and Freddy and Fannie. Penalize and imprison those crooks and greedy SOBs? YES. The Republicans want NO government interference or oversight UNTIL they run our economy into the ground. THEN they want the GOVERNMENT to bail their greedy and crooked butts out! Talk about hypocrites!