Jake
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[quote='BusNative;119638;7]Well, yes. Literally.
Same as when Bear Stearns' assets are rescued (backstopped). Same as when Katrina victims are rescued (hypothetically, of course). Same as when Iraqi citizens are 'rescued' from tyranny. Same as when starving people in other countries are rescued from famine. Same as...[/quote]
Yep.
The difference is hurricanes and murdering tyrants are generally not choices made by people, rather they inflicted themselves on the people. I can empathize more with the notion of helping those people, if possible, although the methods our government has chosen come into question.
A corporate bail out, or bailing out dopes who finance things they can't afford, is another matter. We've been bailing out airlines for years instead of forcing them to change their flawed operating model to one that is financially viable, based on the notion that we cannot live without them. That's bullshit. Let the bankrupt ones die and new ones will emerge to meet the demand, just like the ones they replace did years ago.
Same as when Bear Stearns' assets are rescued (backstopped). Same as when Katrina victims are rescued (hypothetically, of course). Same as when Iraqi citizens are 'rescued' from tyranny. Same as when starving people in other countries are rescued from famine. Same as...[/quote]
Yep.
The difference is hurricanes and murdering tyrants are generally not choices made by people, rather they inflicted themselves on the people. I can empathize more with the notion of helping those people, if possible, although the methods our government has chosen come into question.
A corporate bail out, or bailing out dopes who finance things they can't afford, is another matter. We've been bailing out airlines for years instead of forcing them to change their flawed operating model to one that is financially viable, based on the notion that we cannot live without them. That's bullshit. Let the bankrupt ones die and new ones will emerge to meet the demand, just like the ones they replace did years ago.
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