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Bush-Democrat tax rebates: Worse than Guantanamo
It is very clear that in spite of being the most famous "Christian", George Bush is a textbook sociopath. This plan doesn't just miss the mark it ignores both practical reality and compassion. If our country plans to just blow out the treasury giving out $150 billion in free money, but plans to give nothing to help the poorest among us, then we are damned. This is actually worse than Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib because it demonstrates soulless disregard of our very own citizens. And it convicts not just George Bush but Congress itself, especially the Democrats, who couldn't vote YES fast enough. The most forgiving thing that could be said of this plan is that it is a thinly disguised attempt to purchase votes for incumbents using the people's money. I estimate that they have stolen, wasted, or cronyized between $10,000 and $30,000 for every one of the 300,000,000 citizens (if you don't have your calculator, that is ten to thirty trillion And it makes a mockery of capitalism itself! Every Bushian or Rumsfeldian brainfart costs at least $10 billion What's been happening due to the debt collapse is that they've doled out at least half a trillion already The whole System under Bush is like a perpetual bank robbery. They turn a blind eye to their own crimes, lies and corruption but come down very hard on everyone else The thing that will bring all of this to an end is global market forces. It might take more years, but when it happens the shit will hit the fan... maybe hyperinflation, like Zimbabwe. Or nationalization of individuals' property to subsidize the corporations. Or maybe just benign neglect as the Feds renege on everything and stop enforcing their own laws after they lose their budget buying power. Hard to say, but a crisis of confidence in the US dollar and repayment of the national debt will stop all of this nonsense really fast. AND that is what I am betting will happen
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