jon
Sep 25th, 2008
Sep 25th, 2008
big numbers
I just came across this article on Forbes about the $700 billion bailout plan, and this quote is all I needed to read:
“[The dollar figure is] not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. “We just wanted to choose a really large number.”
It almost feels like an article written for The Onion. Sadly, it’s the real deal. And now that everyone knows the economy runs on love, puppies, and free government dollars, we just need to find some love and puppies.
I watched a documentary on pbs talking about the Katrina thing and how no one’s been helped still. It’s been over three years. They showed a headline from some newspaper talking about how Bush wasn’t going to bail out anyone. Way to go, Bushikins! But what people don’t want to realize is that it’s not just Bush. It’s all the people who we give power that are corrupt right now. We give them their money they’re flying around the world with. We gave Paris her celebrity status. We gave Georgie his presidency. It’s frustrating to see people think that once Bush is out of the picture, everything will go back to being just swell.