Corporate Welfare...

[mrburns918]

Don't worry folks, all this corporate welfare bail out talk will be out of the news in a couple of weeks and we can return to scapegoating individuals on welfare.

But do not do as they do, for they do not practice what they teach. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others; but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger....inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence (Matthew 23:3-4,25)

For to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away (Matthew 25:29).

Does anyone have any extra lube I can borrow?

[waterboy]

quote:Originally posted by mrburns918

Don't worry folks, all this corporate welfare bail out talk will be out of the news in a couple of weeks and we can return to scapegoating individuals on welfare.

But do not do as they do, for they do not practice what they teach. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others; but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger....inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence (Matthew 23:3-4,25)

For to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away (Matthew 25:29).

Does anyone have any extra lube I can borrow?

Borrow? Nah, just keep it!

I agree with your sentiment but buck up, thus has it always been so. You're to be commended for seeing what others don't or won't. Its rare. Group identification, whether with rich, poor, political, drugs, schools, whatever, is such a strong bond that it clouds our minds and dulls our empathy. It helps to see scriptures written so long ago describe life even today. Its the struggle that counts.

[FOTD]

Baltimore Sun: "Like it or not, we're all socialists now. You can thank those free-market conservatives and their deregulatory idol, George W. Bush, for that. Conservatives love to wield the word socialism like some all-purpose, liberal-slaying sword. Redistribution to the poor, the right to unionize and affirmative action are decried as anti-market, unfair advantages for filthy socialists who can't compete and fail to appreciate the almighty, equalizing power of self-determination and an unfettered market. To social conservatives, Darwinism is merely an unproven "theory" about how our species evolved. But "social Darwinism" is an ineluctable fact: The smart and hardworking prosper, while the stupid and lazy fail. Yet notice how those same chest-thumping capitalists of talk radio and at the corporate-funded think tanks often fall silent in the face of fixed markets, no-bid contracts, bailouts and subsidies for the very corporations that demand less government oversight when things are going well, then turn to Washington when things go horribly wrong."


http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-op.schaller23sep23,0,2390543.column


Socialism IS NOT correct; in the way the Bush administration is taking their marching orders from corporate America, and the bailouts are designed to protect the wealthy and corporations, this is not socialism - but an example of pure, unadulterated fascism.