Not a single comment on this thread is unregistered…who are you speaking about?

Wow. There are a LOT of unregistered commentators here with serious Stockholm Syndrome.

I’m sure Wall Street’s millionaires and billionaires are happy you all are willing to defend their greed as they lavish in taxpayer billions, laughing their arses off at you all.

Yeah, it’s all those little people’s fault. They should’ve been born in a better family and they’d never lose their jobs. They should’ve never bought a house, but remain nice little renters in studio apartments because there was bound to be an economic downturn, but they were just too stupid to see it coming.

Seriously, I’ve never seen a bunch of apologists for millionaires and billionaires corruption congregating together, as I do here.

American compassion at its finest.

Pathetic.

All this whining but we are to blame at the end of the day.  We’re part of the corruption, part of the system, part of the consumption. 

We’re the ones who go and buy new cars, new houses, new everything…and then complain why we bought so much…it’s someone else’s fault.

We’re the ones who allow people in Wall Street go unchecked because we don’t participate in our country’s politics on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.  We just want to have a ballot sent to us every 4 years and think that’s all it takes to be a model citizen.

We’re the ones who signed our lives away on mortgage papers so that we could turn a quick buck in 6 months and be $400K richer by selling a POS $200K home for $600K because we put in “granite counter tops.”

People in today’s world don’t know what personal responsibility is.  They don’t know what participation and taking an active role are.  They don’t want to get involved in anything other than have a nice car, buy a home that makes money, spend money and have cheap fuel. 

And then they come to blogs like this and think Wall Street is the only one to blame.  Sure..they are bastards.  But it’s because of us that they do what they do because they know THEY CAN.

Our fore-fathers had a lot more balls than we ever have had.  Now go back to watching Everybody Loves Raymond everyday, 365 days a week and wonder why the star of the show gets paid $70 million dollars a year.  Thanks to viewers like YOU.

Let me wax philosophical.  It is a principle of US jurisprudence that all men are equal under the law.  But in actuality we know that all men as well as women are not equal.  Some are smarter, prettier, healthier, stronger, more athletic, etc, etc. But one thing you don’t want is artificial inequalities created by governmental favoritism.

Don Stivers:

Let me make one thing clear because I guess it wasn’t clear enough.

The corruption in this whole matter comes from the top.  It comes from the politicians, it comes from the bankers, the Wall Street scum, the Fed, and the people associated with them.  There is no doubt about that.

But the corruption is at our level as much as it is at theirs. 

Investors get their money back????????  WHY???  THey took a risk…the failed.  End of story.  What are you doing to next time you lose money in Las Vegas?  Ask for your money back?

What nonsense.

Repugs sure jumped through hoops to pass the 700 billion dollar Giveaway in only One week.But require a helping hand to the citizens of this country be ‘slowed Down’. Since Repugs could push through this Christmas gift to Wall Street, why couldn’t they even come up with a Plan for US over their last 4 months in Power.Not even another round of Checks to stimulate spending for the X-mas season- a guaranteed spending spree. Because they Didn’t want to!
Repugs HATE US!!their Red Ties match their Red Coat souls. Trickle down was nothing more than stealing from the wealth producers and give to the lazy ass Nobles.
What Masses can survive on a Trickle? Trickle down defies sound (ethical) Economic logic. How does things move upward..Through evaporation. Thus the Sea of wealth is being siphoned off, only to return in a trickle. Not a logically way to replenish the ‘Sea’. Or even support the ‘Evaporators’ (siphoners).Sooner or later the Pool runs dry. Theres something to be said for American Strength and fortitude that it’s taken decades for the Well to finally run dry.
Our country was founded in Revolt of Trickle Down, and all those who perpetuated it have committed the greatest act of Treason.Did the Repugs miss the Fact that ‘Redistribution of Wealth’ actually helped the Democrats win the election. Did they Miss the Fact that we rewared ‘yes WE Can’ and rejected “I Know How”.Waht part of ‘Bottoms Up’ escapes the Repugs realization that it is the opposite of ‘Trickle Down’. waht part of the Election escaped their intellect that we Proclaimed Loud & clear to Repugs ‘We HATE YOU BACK!’. Must we not only demand prosectuion for War crimes, but add prosecution for Economic Treason for them to realize we are seriously Pissed off at them? Must we not only execute criminals like Cheney and Rumsfeld,but also Greenspan and Phil Gramm for High Crimes- As enemies of the State?!? How far do they dare push their Luck with US?

So Nozferatu:

Why do the screwers get the bailouts?  The professions were the ones who lead the homeowners down the trail.

Shouldn’t the investor at least get his or her investment back?

Politics as usual.

You should include the Politicians in Washington with the label “scumbags”.

While I think some homeowners were wronged and should be helped…the majority of them can go to hell.  They were as greedy, as egocentric, and as hell bent in trying to make a quick buck as the scumbags on Wall Street.

If you can’t sit down and read a 20 page contract for a couple hours before signing your life away, tough shit if you get screwed.