Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Bailouts May Scare U.S. Economy to Death

From the Cato Institute...
I find it astonishing that so many keep referring to Obama as a socialist in the light of this Bush/Paulson 7.7 TRILLION DOLLAR legacy(as of today) he gets to inherit two months from now...I really worry about the future of our children as these "bailouts" are now basically beyond belief.


A Pew Research poll conducted more than a week ago found that 57 percent of Americans are terrified by Bailout Mania 2008. That was several days, and many billions of dollars, before Bloomberg reported that U.S. taxpayers are now on the hook for $7.7 trillion in bailout bucks — half of the nation’s entire GDP for the past year. At this point, not even Carl Sagan could get a handle on the numbers we’re talking about.
What do people do when they’re scared about the state of the economy? They stop spending. With each new government “investment” announced by our new overlord Hank Paulson, Americans are going to clutch ever more fiercely at their wallets. They will eat out even less than they’ve been doing. They will rediscover the true spirit of Christmas and give each other hugs instead of Blue-Ray disc players. They will forgo that new coat or pair of winter boots. And they will bring the U.S. economy to a halt.

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