Analogy
I haven’t completely worked out the details on this yet, but hear me out:
You get sick, maybe a throat infection. Nothing overly serious, but terribly, terribly uncomfortable. Your life is miserable. So you go running to the doctor who prescribes strong antibiotics. You take the antibiotics, the throat infection goes away. Yay. But there are side effects: You get a yeast infection. You gain 5lbs. And the next time you get sick, it’s ten times worse than it was the first time. In fact, your body will no longer react to the same antibiotic, because the problem is now bigger than before. You suffer terribly, for a long time, wishing you had just rode it out the first time.
Ok…
Your bank lends money to deadbeats. The deadbeats don’t pay it back, leading to a financial backlash and low markets. You might lose your job in the weakened economy. You may lose your house. Your life is miserable. So you go running to the government, who prescribes a strong bailout. You approve the bailout, take the money. Yay. But there are side effects: Your taxes go up considerably. It’s a false economy. The bank continues to lend money to deadbeats. There can be no more bailouts because the government is out of money and is in deficit spending. The problem is bigger than before. You suffer terribly, for a long, long time, wishing you had just rode it out the first time.
True. Or the government just gets really really big. I want to consult an economist and ask them what would have happened if the government just spent that 700 million by giving it back to all of us. Would it have made the economy worse?
Comment by michele — October 9, 2008 @ 6:10 pm
Our society has finally reached the tipping point where the parasites outnumber the hosts. Watch as it all comes tumbling down.
Comment by BillyHW — October 9, 2008 @ 10:48 pm
Wendy, Hope all is well. I am fine. More to follow.
I was reading in the Washington Times blog site, and saw this comment….”I want my freedom and civil rights back! I want a country that doesn’t advocate the torture of human beings! I want a country where the middle class isn’t shrinking while the rich wall street m-effers steal everything we work hard for! I want a country that is energy independent and that uses clean technology! I want us to be strong again and I want us to give Iraq to the Iraqis! I want Bin Laden and Al Qaeda destroyed even if they are in Pakistan!I want Barack Obama as the next president of the United States of America!”
What a moron! Want in one hand and poop in the other; let’s see which fills up first.
Of course, all the things the writer wants, they want without cost or effort on their part.
What happened to people who understood the meaning of things like: “…I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this government: “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”
We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I can say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. Let that be realised; no survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that the British Empire has stood for, no survival for the urge and impulse of the ages, that mankind will move forward towards its goal. But I take up my task with buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. At this time I feel entitled to claim the aid of all, and I say, “come then, let us go forward together with our united strength.”
Sir Winston Churchill, First Speech as Prime Minister
May 13, 1940
to House of Commons
Comment by KP — October 10, 2008 @ 6:25 am
Need to add that the MSM wants us all in panic, the sky is falling, and there is only one savior.
Comment by MissouriRodger — October 10, 2008 @ 7:03 am
When you say “there will be no more bailouts” what is it, exactly, that you mean? Do you really think that there will come a time when the US government will refuse to borrow or print imaginary money to bail out all the helpless widdle Americans who could never make it without big brother? That day will never come. Despite what some might think, Tte well will never run dry. After all, it’s not real money at all - it’s just electronic data that never existed in the first place. And there’e plenty more where that came from.
Comment by INP — October 10, 2008 @ 12:14 pm
There’s a WAR ON SAVINGS now! The tiny percentage of Americans who either save money, or pay taxes (the Majority of Americans pay little or now taxes) are being screwed by both parties.
It’s a very sad situation.
I think right-thinking employers should run credit checks on everyone and fire people who ran up irresponsible debt.
Comment by Robert — October 10, 2008 @ 1:56 pm
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