Reply #5: These "rugged individualists" were BUST and came WANTING A HAND OUT - now they're the "elite" again. [View All]

[FormerDittoHead]

That's the fucking icing on the cake.

What pisses me off is that Washington had no problem giving them money hand over fist, no questions asked, then turn around and then our society worships their wealth and prestige.

But if, in any number of ways, you go to DC asking for money, they'd make you jump through 1,000 flaming hoops, tell you exactly what you can and can't spend the money on, give you as little as possible so that most people don't even bother, then people go on referring to you like you're what's wrong with our society.

Most people I know REALLY don't like the IDEA of people gaming welfare, but these bankers did it on an unimaginable scale.