A month before the election the House votes down...

[TreasonousBastard]

the most unpopular bill since Prohibition, and the stock market immediately tanks along with the possibility your paychecks will bounce.

Republican hatred of government spending combined with Democratic hatred of rich people getting richer (or just keeping their money) just might bring us the Perfect Storm.

Good work everybody!

[KoKo]

1. "Democratic hatred of rich people getting richer.." is what helped bring down that bill?

You've gotta be kidding... :eyes: Plus, what you say is offensive to your fellow Democrats. Did you forget to add :sarcasm: or are you serious?

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Well, let them be offended-- read the talking points

all over leftwing sites and blogs and it comes down to "bailing out the Wall Street fatcats" is the key objection. A few other salient points are made, but it's the "eat the rich" thing driving it-- that's the easiest point to make.

Few really believe that a blank check on a 700 billion account will solve the problem, but the problem isn't working out the details-- it's the massive sentiment from both sides against doing anything at all. And our side is as fully capable as the other guys of being complete jerks about it all.

[lonestarnot]

3. I think you need more coffee.

:hi:

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Maybe less coffee so I can sleep through this...

since there is absolutely nothing I can do about it but watch and write feeble notes (that will certainly be ignored this close to election) to my congresscritters.

Yeah, I'll work for Obama, and my reliably liberal Congressman will no doubt be re-elected, yada, yada...

But, this stuff is so complicated, and we are going into such uncharted waters, that I really don't have much confidence that any mere politician can properly deal with it. Even less confidence that a gaggle of politicians can come to agreement on a good approach.

(And zero confidence that the public, including myself, can give them good advice.)

[Two Americas]

5. right wing talking point

Describing the fight for justice and equality as "Democratic hatred of rich people getting richer (or just keeping their money)" is an old, dishonest, and malicious right wing talking point.

[TreasonousBastard]

6. Don't try to hand me that bullshit...

There's too obvious a difference between arguing for an egalitarian society and simply sounding off one's sour grapes that someone else is doing better financially.

Yes, there are a bunch of rapacious scumbags out there, always have been, always will be, but all too often, amazingly enough, they end up getting richer as a consequence of our doing well. And there's not a whole hell of lot we can do about but bitch-- threatening to sink the whole ship to teach them a lesson is a talking point as dangerous as any other. And as impractical.

[Two Americas]

ok

You reinforced rather than refuted what I said.

You say not all rich people are bad. Nor is everyone who votes Republican. So what?

[Two Americas]

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