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That’s what the guy seated next to the underwear bomber said when the bomber lit the fuse.
It could also be a wake up call for Congress.
OPERATOR
Congress, wake up and smell the smoke. The economy is burning! The melting pot is melting! Before you evacuate the building, enjoy your caffè latte and toast.
People are pissed!
It’s time to get off Mount Washington and watch the coverage of Occupy Wall Street on your TV or BlackBerry if it’s not down.
Nothing like a frustrated mob to light a fire under a fat cat’s ass.
I know. A mob doesn’t have a brain and is therefore prone to spontaneous combustion. But, a mob does have feelings and one of those feelings is . . . outrage that the Bankers and CEOs who trashed the economy still have jobs while the mob that doesn’t have jobs hangs out in the street with the trash.
One Republican commentator said that the protesters needed to “get off the street and get a job!”
Dude, that’s why there are so many pissed off people in the streets – because of jobs or lack thereof, and an unfair tax code in which secretaries pay more in taxes than CEOs.
Doesn’t that seem odd to you?
But some politicos would argue, “Taxing the top 1% isn’t the answer. It will cripple the economy.”
Y’all all remember trickle down economics.
Dude, the economy has been on life support since 2008. For the past four years and before that, I haven’t seen anything trickling down except for all the rain we’ve had. And, it wasn’t raining money. It was raining . . . rain.
Another argument. “Taxing the top 1% is class warfare.”
Dude, lobbyists and special interest groups write many of the bills in Congress on behalf of the wealthy who pay them and dictate policy in Washington. I think that’s class warfare and it’s, oh, so gauche.
Reality in our land isn’t the same as reality in DC Land. Aren’t the people supposed to be calling the shots?
In DC Land, the people with the most money win! Fuck the 99 percent. Their pockets are filled with mothballs anyway.
I’ve also heard pundits say, “Corporations are sitting on billions in cash. They’re nervous about investing in America since the economic outlook is so bleak.”
Dude, does the word vicious cycle mean anything to you?
It seems to me that corporations have given up on the American economy they helped drive into the sinkhole because they can invest in Brazil and the Far East. Folks there have money because they have the jobs that the CEOs sent there and can buy the shit we can’t.
CEOs don’t care from whence the profits come, as long as the profits keep coming, and they keep wiping their dicks.
Many of the banks that approved bad loans, one of the causes of the economic crisis, now won’t lend money to families and small businesses.
Have you tried refinancing your home lately? Have you tried getting a W2?
Every time banks tighten their financial belts, they cut off circulation to the economic spleen. And the middle class and 99 percent continue to lose their homes and spend money on bankruptcy attorneys instead of washing machines.
Dude, something has to give. I’m not an architect but I know that if a structure loses its middle, the entire building collapses . . . which reminds me of the crumbling infrastructure and the shiny new bridges to nowhere, built with taxpayer dollars, while Washington continues burning bridges to the middle class.
