Showing posts with label Government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Government. Show all posts

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Henry Paulson

Here is a direct quote from the wonderful, awe-inspiring douchebag Henry Paulson
"..Over these past weeks, we have continued to examine the relative benefits of purchasing illiquid mortgage-related assets. Our assessment at this time is that this is not the most effective way to use TARP [Troubled Assets Relief Program] funds, but we will continue to examine whether targeted forms of asset purchase can play a useful role, relative to other potential uses of TARP resources, in helping to strengthen our financial system and support lending .."
Basically: he just said the 250billion (more like 2trillion + 250billion) that they've already HANDED FREE OF CHARGE to the banks has done nothing.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's what he said. It's not helping.
Now, WHY wouldn't it be helping?
Could it have anything to do with the fact that the banks gave their higher-ups 50Billion in bonuses, or the fact that they're using the money to buy up smaller banks to use them as a tax credit on their profits? Nah. It's all the consumers fault. It's all OUR fault because we can't pay our mortgages that were designed to SCREW PEOPLE OVER. Come on. No doc loans. Interest only. Changeable interest rates. WHAT THE FUCK!?
Henry Paulson is LYING TO US about where the money is going, or well, to be more correct he's not telling us where it's going but simply SAYING it's going to help out troubled loans, but refuses to provide the receipt. Day in and day out it becomes more and more apparent that this is a SCAM. We are being SCAMMED out of our money.
Wake up people.
WAKE THE FUCK UP!
Open your god damned eyes and pay attention! We're being SCREWED.
I know all my blogs have been essentially about the economy lately, but it's the thing that is most at stake here.
You wanna know the REAL way to fix the economy? 100% tariff on all foreign items coming into the country. Make it too expensive for these companies to operate in China and Taiwan, make it so that they HAVE to produce products here. BRING JOBS BACK TO AMERICA!
10 MILLION people are currently unemployed folks. That's just the government figures. -10 million-. The real figures? It's more like 8-9%, but who's counting?
Sure it'll be a little rough for a while. We'll have to start up plants again, we'll have to go back to being a "producers," and pay a little bit more for our crappy Wal-mart products. But that's what made America so great. That's what brought us power. THAT'S WHAT IS FEEDING CHINA! We don't produce SHIT here anymore, and we have no jobs here!
Circuit City filed for bankruptcy and is closing many of their stores (I forgot the actual number.)
There's TONS of mainstream businesses that are CLOSING or filing for bankruptcy.
DHL, a foreign shipping company, has pulled out of America. They know EXACTLY where we're headed, and they're not going to stay around and fall with us.
How much more obvious can it get than this?
Do you want me to break into the government buildings and steal documents pertaining to where the money is going? Because I can't. (Please don't arrest me Patriot Act, I'm only hypothesizing, I wouldn't really do it.) Actually, FUCK YOU Patriot Act.
I love America =)

Monday, November 10, 2008

We Were Lied To

What a surprise.
Straight from The Washington Post, the bailout that Obama (and McCain, and Rahm Emanuel) supported contains a possibly illegal provision to give banks a windfall of $140BILLION.
"As part of the bailout, lawmakers changed tax code Section 382, which limits the kinds of tax shelters companies can use during corporate mergers. It was created to stop companies who avoid paying taxes by acquiring shell companies valued by the losses on their stocks. The companies would then write off the losses and avoid paying taxes on their own profits. " (from DemocracyNow.org)
Congressional aides have even admitted that they kept the provision HIDDEN to avoid public outrage! Are you kidding!? Can it get any more apparent than this that we, the American People, are being SCREWED OVER by this bailout? AND OBAMA SUPPORTED IT! He is a lawmaker. He KNEW what the provisions entailed. And if he didn't read anything in it, he is even MORE at fault for passing a law without taking the time to read through it. He KNEW it would benefit the banks. The bankers are his friends!
The VERY next article on DemocracyNow.org is the fact that in New York billions of dollars of medicaid and school funding is being cut. So, as we're forking over our tax payer money to the banks so they can pay off their higher shareholders and buy up other banks (it's what they're doing, pick up a fucking newspaper and read) they're cutting spending in social programs. We can afford to bailout our banks from their own economic fuck ups, but we can't afford to keep medicare and public schools properly funded.
And on top of that, AIG is restructuring their $143Billion loan to make it easier for them to pay off.
Am I the only person that thinks if a company is failing, they shouldn't get bailed out? If a company fucks up and makes the wrong investments, it's a sign that: THEY FUCKED UP. They shouldn't receive aid. Little Ma & Pa places all over the country are closing because they can't make ends meet. When a company goes under, another company steps in the fill the void that company left, if the void needs to be filled. That's the point of the free market system. If you fuck up, and make bad investments, you should pay for it. If you want your company to survive, you've got to cut spending, cut your own salary and figure it the fuck out. You shouldn't be able to turn to the government and ask them to bail you out. Transversely, if you do well your company will take off. If you make the right investments, and read the market properly, you'll gain profits.
GM: You fucked up. You read the market wrong, you did not invest in the trend the automobile market was following and you continued to pump out cars that you knew for a fact people did not want to buy because of how much gas they consumed. You refused to adapt to the market, and now you're going under. As well you should be. You made BAD FINANCIAL AND PROJECTIVE DECISIONS! And now WE the American People are going to bail you out and save your company?
FUCK YOU!
If I go out and get a loan for a 500,000 house, and I can only afford a 100,000 house, I am living above my means and I shouldn't be there. And I shouldn't be able to make interest only payments and never pay off the principle amount of my loan. THAT MEANS THE BANK WILL OWN MY HOME WHEN I DIE! And if a bank is stupid enough to GIVE ME THAT LOAN and I'm unable to pay it, I deserve to lose my house and that bank deserves to lose profits for giving me the loan in the first place (even tho they won't because they now own the home and can simply sell it again.)
We cannot continue to live above our means, as we have done so carelessly in America. We cannot continue to ask the Chinese and the Japanese for money. We cannot continue to turn to our central banks to the issuance of our currency, because they're RAPING US! Corporations are taking over the world, they have more power than government. It's absurd!
Our congress people LIED TO US about the provisions so we wouldn't get pissed off. And we are supposed to sit here and let them RAPE OUR ECONOMY!? I can't believe this shit.

EDIT:
So here is my proposal. All across the country we need to organize and protest these abominable acts by our government. DEMAND THAT WE NOT CONTINUE TO PAY OFF THESE COMPANIES FOR THEIR MISTAKES!
In EVERY CITY we need to March on the Capitol buildings and demand that our voice be heard and not stifled by the media! We are still capable of saving this country. We need to organize and to DO IT. No more sitting around on our asses. Get out there, organize. Let the government know we will no longer stand for them taking advantage of our hard work!
Where's my god damned dinner!?
If you're gonna fuck me in the ass, you better buy me dinner first!