Republican Looting For Rich Continues

Grace Kelly's picture

The Republicans would not spend 30 million over 5 years to help provide health care to the nation's poor children, however the the Republicans gladly added US debt of a trillion dollars to pay for 2 wars, an almost trillion that was supposed to buy up toxic mortgages but was instead used to buy stock. Now we have the greatest end run of government responsibility of all, the Federal Reserve is financing $7.8 trillion in debt that is basically in helping pay for the credit swap debit that estimated to be larger than the assets of the world.

In the last year, the government has assumed about $7.8 trillion in direct and indirect financial obligations. That is equal to about half the size of the nation’s entire economy and far eclipses the $700 billion that Congress authorized for the Treasury’s financial rescue plan.
(New York Times)

And how is the federal reserve paying for this? - by printing money meaning inflation! Everyone one's dollar will be worth less. Through inflation we will all be taxed. We didn't have the money for health care, helping people pay mortgages, or converting to green energy. However the Republicans had the money to save the "credit swap" bets of the very rich. Truly Republicans are the government of the rich. by the rich and for the rich. This time will live in Republican "spend, spend, spend" infamy and the most enormous redistribution of more wealth to the wealthy. Furthermore, with all the money in the hands of a few, we truly might have King Midas end to this story. We would have been way better off declaring all credit swaps null and void! We could created a US bank that borrowed only for legitimate business and never for credit swaps, letting "credit swap" banks go through bankruptcy. And especially notice how little media attention is being devoted to the $7.8 trillion, it is invisible news!. What news is out there was published on Thanksgiving day. In fact, I would wonder if the super rich did not arrange for news to hit during the Mumbai distraction. $7.8 trillion should have 2 million times the fuss that was made about spending 30 million over 5 years to help provide health care to the nation's poor children.

Kinda looks like "Starve The Beast"...

...is in full operational mode.


"I never thought I'd see the day I'd miss Richard Nixon."

That's what I'm talking about

The little guy will suffer the most. Democrats should get on this ASAP. Programs to increase jobs, stipulations, and taxation. We can't go on with the "no new taxes" and trickle down doesn't work! Protect the Middle Class!

Dubya and Starve the Beast

The starve-the-beast doctrine is now firmly within the conservative mainstream. George W. Bush himself seemed to endorse the doctrine as the budget surplus evaporated: in August 2001 he called the disappearing surplus "incredibly positive news" because it would put Congress in a "fiscal straitjacket."

starve the beast
http://www.wordspy.com/words/starvethebeast.asp

Sudden fiscal crisis? Perhaps not...

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