Sunday, March 15, 2009

The Goose and the Gander

If is it acceptable to go after people who actually made money from Bernie Madoff to payback those who lost everything then why do we not go after the Executives who got paid millions in bonus at companies our tax dollars are bailing out? The double standard is clear, granted lawyers will argue until the cows come home but that does not change anything. The rich get richer than ever in a down market because they can afford to buy GE at $6 and ride it back up to $60. Poor is poor and our system will keep them that way more ofter than not. Sure there are success stories and someone hits the lottery everyday however it is hope that sustains us. The hope that things will get better and right wins over wrong. If we could just stay focused on something long enough to fix it perhaps progress could be made. The media understands our collective ADD and keeps us chasing our tails while nothing really changes. America is still an infant compared to Italy or Egypt and they know their history while we forgot the depression and have repeated the mistakes of only 90 years ago.

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