The rest of us don’t. Obama talks about pain then the papers talk about David Axelrod’s home Wednesday meetings at his place overlooking the Washington Monument and all the new suits he bought to be a presidential advisor. Yada yada yada.
People are losing their jobs and homes and all the new government can do is hand out billions to the people who have put us into that situation (granted, banking rules were pretty laissez-faire under Bush). Let’s say one only needs 10K to get out of a hole, do you think a bank or insurance company or car manufacturer believes in trickle-down? No way! The banks ate all theirs and said basically that they had it in a vault not accessible to anyone but them. That’s because Congress never required use for specific purposes or reportability standards of how the money was used. Shame on us, taxpayers, for allowing so many inept people to represent us! Forget $10K, just ask for a billion and they’ll hand it over. How about we collectively ask $430 Billion and share it. They care more about their hair and how they look on TV.
If you’re out of work now I’ll start doing recipes that require more effort but little money. It’ll take some research. But you need to write in and tell me what you need. Tell me what your family likes and I’ll try to help you out. It may take a week or two because this economy is making us move and we’re packing boxes for the next few days.
I am so upset at this economy, how the Feds allowed the banks, insurance companies and Bernie Madoff and his ilk rob the people. Every billion the government spends “fixing” the economy comes out of our pockets. We’re paying the mortgages that weren’t paid on homes foreclosed. We’re paying AIG and the big banks for being greedy. Pay them once, pay them twice. Keep saying that and I’m switching to the GOP! More likely libertarian.
The have-nots have not. Always. I wish I had the answer to poverty. Mother Teresa simply served the needy and gave them hope. She did great work during her lifetime. Without jobs, I don’t know the answer.
As we drive across country I’ll know the state of the nation, like if I see a recent Ferrari or Porsche parked at the $39 Super 8 motel…. they’re just conserving their last bonus and looking for work.
I wish you well in this economy. If you have a job, try to keep it. It’s he!! out there on the streets. Cheers, Dee
ps And stop talking about Michelle Obama’s biceps.
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Dear Government:
We request $430 billion because we need the money. We are out of work and can’t get work and are being thrown out of our houses. AIG has cancelled our insurance and our 401(K)’s have gone kerflooie. Our insurance is toast as well, as are our stocks. Your dismal efforts to assure the futures of the companies that exist to take our money have failed. Yet you continue to pour more billions into these morally bankrupt institutions.
We suggest you give it to us. We gave it to you and you’re giving it back to the corporations that let us down. In the end, who is more trustworthy? Us or them? The number came out of the sky, no, not God or anything. I just wanted to shake a head or two. While you’re at it please beef up the FDA (peanut butter) and the SEC (who let Madoff and his ilk have their day in the sun). Thank you from our vast constituency of readers, Dee
[I’ll work on it some more between packing boxes]
Cooking with Dee 
I mean beef up the authority, not the budgets, of the FDA and SEC. They just have too many bureaucrats and political appointees – hello welcome to Homeland Security – to be effective.
Yes, my lifelong goal is to work for FEMA and engineer ways NOT to help people in a hurricane.