If there's one thing that can be said about Republicans, it's that they love to cut taxes. Cut, cut, cut. Love, love, love. After all, it's your money, right? You worked for it and along comes Uncle Sam, who snatches it out of your pocket and gives it to some lazy slob with a sob story."Oh, boo-hoo-hoo!" said slob whines. "My bank almost went under because I was giving loans to people without jobs or income!" Get a real job, welfare queen!
Except, that's not the way the argument usually works, is it? Still, the economy crashed because moron bankers and Wall Street types were making seriously dimwitted decisions in a get-rich(er)-quick scheme, mixing in toxic assets with good investments, shaking the whole brew up, and serving it to everyone -- so, of course, those moron bankers and Wall Street types are the victims in all this. Really, are we to punish those who, through no fault of their own, were born brainless and greedy? I think not. No, we have to punish the people we always punish -- the poor, for the crime of not being rich...[CLICK TO READ FULL POST]
