Obama vs. McCain (Page 4 of 13)

Fear is good for Mac Cain.

cool site biotek!

living in dc it's non-stop politics every where you go.

typical of the american government to be more concerned about the millions of dollars invested by lazy, greedy americans than of the homes of those poor, hardworking families who have nowhere to live.  what about their bailout?

baby jesus can eat a dick

proud to see the house turn down the stupid bailout supported by the leaders, time to deal with the problem instead of putting it off

if i was a US citizin i would go for Mc Cain
he fought in lots of wars that must make him a good man right?

time for a glorious russian come back?

if that's what it takes... just really pissed (once again) off at these greedy neoliberal ne'er-do-well have to be rescued with public money after telling the same gov't for years to fuck off with any sort of gov't control.

Thursday night should be fun

@ cebteq You mean France, not the USSR.

@ JamesT you mean neo-conservative, not neo-liberal

@ Biotek Republicans blamed Democrats for mentioning that their "free-market" approach got us into this mess, which is true. Republicans blamed Democrats for bringing up that they bear some responsibility, and took that as an excuse to again take no responsibility. It also works conveniently to distance the party from their massively un-popular leader, GW, as the election season heats up.

I'm not an economist. The "everyman" response is to complain, perhaps rightly so, that the Gov't hasn't helped them when they're in need, so why should the banks get $700 billion. This is a rather emotional and ignorant response. The bill would freeze home foreclosures, first of all. But more importantly, both "Main Street" (ugh) and Wall Street have to prosper for a healthy economy, not one or the other. Without a strong financial investment system the country falls apart, and we're waiting in food lines. Inflation spikes. Without these banks there is nowhere to go for credit or loans which means few people can even afford to buy furniture. This isn't like a simple cash transaction for fuck's sake.

What happened today is Republicans listened to their constituents, like cebteq, because they are worried about being re-elected if they piss them off; it was 100% politics. Unfortunately, constituents don't always know best, and that's a problem with democracv.

I'm gonna go with No bailout

"privatize the gain and nationalize the risk"