Monday, June 22, 2009

The corporations so want us all to pretend this depression has just been a bad dream...

And go back to the happy days of deregulation, no oversight and wild uninhibited thoughtless spending....
It is an odd tribute to the short-term success of Obama’s recovery effort that the business lobbies now feel free to return to the old-time religion of bashing government and singing the praises of the unfettered marketplace. You might expect the corporate guys to show a little gratitude to the government that bailed them out. But that’s never been their way. They’d rather pretend that the last nine months were a bad dream.
Um... NO. Thanks. We've seen where this style of capitalism will lead us and thanks to the Obama administration's efforts, we've just barely pulled back from the edge of the abyss.

I don't trust you guys anymore.

And won't ever again.

16 comments:

Mike Goldman said...

This is what they do on every business cycle downturn, they socialize their losses and carry on privatizing their profits.

ellroon said...

And the rich/poor divide widens and widens...

And the pitchforks get sharpened....

Mike Goldman said...

And the pitchforks never get used.

ellroon said...

Not if the corporations keep feeding the masses high fructose corn syrup, Fox News headlines, and fake outrage at the axis of evildoers...

Mike Goldman said...

And they'll stop, when? And why?

ellroon said...

Never! Because more is good and the most more means you've won!!! MUhhahahahahaaa!!!

Mike Goldman said...

How do we get off this ride?

ellroon said...

Change the hardwired greed is good DNA?

Mike Goldman said...

Changing DNA may require some advanced techniques.*

ellroon said...

:D!

Mike Goldman said...

Are we ready to evolve?

ellroon said...

Ack! I'm evolving fine on my own!!

Mike Goldman said...

Yes, but are there enough of us doing so?

ellroon said...

I want to be optimistic so I'll say hopefully so.

But it doesn't look like it, does it?

Mike Goldman said...

Give us another 3 1/2 years.

ellroon said...

*sigh*

Okay.