No matter how they sweetcoat it, the government is about to dump 700 billion of our taxpayer dollars into saving banks and the corrupt wall street financiers who've benefited from this crisis. No matter who they have behind, even Obama whom I support, the bulk of the money will benefit the rich.
The rich will get richer; the poor, poorer. The rich will continue to drive better cars, live in better homes, enoy financial security, access to better education, food, clothing. They will have fewer illnesses, speak better, vacation in finer places. And so will their kids. And grandchildren. And we, the Joe sixpacks, will be poorer. Will dress shittier. Will eat crappy foods. Will be more obese, prone to diseases like Diabetes, Heart Failure, etc. Etc. And God forbid we get sick, we'll pay a larger share of our income for lesser quality treatment. We'll know about lifesaving treatment but have no access to it, even if we're willing to go deep into debt. That's the way the system is built. And that's the result of this bailout. It is a ripoff. Working people, euphimistically called the Middle Class, didn't cause or profit from this crisis. If many folks opted for shitty mortgages, they fell to the torrent of offers, sent to them by greedy salespeople via email, direct mail, inserts.
For there to be a just end to this crisis. The rich must pay. They should drive fewer cars. Spend less time in the jetset. Some should go to prison. As many of the people who got us into this war (What is the relationship between 700 billion illegal war and economic collapse??) should go to war. For there to be justice the rich must pay their fair share of the burden.