I saw the K5 info on dkos, which got me to thinking...
Now is the perfect time to construct a viral on the bailout...
The idea is to re-frame McCain while he tries to reframe himself as a
champion of the middle class and now a new champion of regulation.
The idea is to basically do the following stuff
Is it meaty enough to make the person:
1.) Mad at McCain
2.) Link McCain and Gramm and deregulation
3.) Link McCain to S&L and Keating
4.) Piss them off about the $$$$
However, I still have questions about the effectiveness of the information.
So, let me know!
Is this enough of an emphasis on K5 link to the current bailout?
Does it read easy enough?
Does it get the facts right?
If you send it out to your mailing list, use the title
You owe $2,293.53 dollars to Wall Street Fat Cats Inc.... check, cash or charge?
Or
You owe $2,293.53 dollars.
I got this concept from a diary here:
"You owe $2,293.53 dollars"..., sorry I can't find the link to the diary though.
Update the e-mail starts at "Ilikepie's diary
suggested title: You owe $2,293.53 or Your family owes $6,300.00
Update 2, I have added some different versions
My Friend,
You owe $2,293.53 dollars to Wall Street Fat Cats Inc. will that be check, cash or charge?
How do you owe this money?
It's simple, George Bush wants a 700 Billion dollar bailout for Fat Cat bankers.
--700 Billion dollars (7,700 Tons of $100 bills) divided by the current U.S. population = $2,293.53
--Your cost: $2,293.53 dollars to Wall Street Fat Cats Inc., will that be check, cash or charge?
--Please send this amount to the billionaires on Wall Street.
--Remember your manners... don't forget to write a note thanking Phil Gramm, George Bush and John McCain for the bill.
How the hell did this happen?
In 1999, after 60 years of successful regulation under the 1933 Glass-Stegall Act (enacted after the Market Crash of 1929 that happened under Republican President Herbert Hoover), Republicans like Phil Gramm, John McCain and a bunch of Bank Lobbyists decided deregulation was a good idea. Let the banks do what they want! As predicted, we're now facing another stock market meltdown.
--Phil Gramm authored the Gramm-Leach-Billey Act of 1999 to deregulate banking
--Phil Gramm even added the famed "Enron-loophole," to a deregulation bill in 2000.
--Enron made even more money through outright consumer fraud.
--Hard-working folks saw their pensions evaporate, Fat Cats made off with Billions.
Now you owe $2,293.53 for the latest deregulation scheme by Gramm and McCain.
We can't afford more of the same with John McCain.
Why didn't the Financial markets learn their lesson?
Here's a flashback:
-In 1982, under Republican Ronald Reagan the Savings and Loan/Banking industry was deregulated.
-Again, Republicans Phil Gram, John McCain, Lobbyists and fat cats like Charles Keating decided deregulation was a good idea. Let the Savings and Loan Companies do what they want!
Results were frighteningly similar:
-Tax payers bailed out Fat Cat Bankers like Charles Keating with $124.6 billion.
-John McCain took thousands of dollars of gifts and campaign contributions from Keating.
-John McCain's gift to Charles Keating was the deregulation of S & L banks.
-Google "Keating 5" and you'll see it all.
The pattern is simple:
-Republicans like John McCain, Phil Gramm and Lobbyists deregulate.
-Wall Street gets rich.
-You pay the bill.
Now you owe $2,293.53 for the latest deregulation scheme by Gramm and McCain.
Now John McCain the "Great Deregulator" wants to:
1.) Deregulate Health Care
2.) Privatize Social Security
We can't afford more of the same with John McCain.
You owe $2,293.53 for the latest deregulation scheme.
How do you think Health Care and Social Security will turn out if John McCain and Phil Gramm get their way?
The thing is--Wall Street doesn't care if you lost your job, or if you can't make your mortgage. But when they need a bailout, it's "Hello Big Government!"
Thanks,
Wall Street Fat Cats Inc.
P.S.
Your kids owe $2,293.53 no matter how old they are.
Your parents owe $2,293.53 no matter how little they make.
Update 2 a new version by mataliandy
My Friend,
Do you want to pay by check, cash or charge?
I ask because you now owe $2,293.53 dollars to the people who ripped you off. Your spouse owes that much too. So do your kids ... and grandkids.
What? You want to know why you owe this money?
It's simple, the rules that kept banks from committing fraud after the Great Depression were removed. This is called "deregulation." Once they were deregulated ... well, the folks in charge of the banks fleeced us.
Now that the fraudsters have finished stripping us of all our cash, making our houses worthless, and shrinking our retirement accounts, they're sad.
They're having a hard time squeezing any more money out of us.
So they've asked the republicans for more help. They think it's unfair that we want to keep at least enough to feed our families. After all, your money belongs in their pockets, not in your kid's stomach!
The republicans feel bad for their friends. So they want to raise our taxes.
A LOT.
And they want to give that tax money to the billionaires who ruined our economy, so they won't be so sad.
Here's how it works:
-- Divide the $700 Billion bailout (that's 15,400 pounds of of $100 bills) by the current U.S. population.
-- That's $2,293.53 per person - including your kids, grandkids, and parents.
-- Remember your manners... don't forget to send a note with your check thanking Phil Gramm, George Bush, John McCain, and the rest of the republicans for giving you this opportunity to fork over your hard earned dollars.
-- And remember, to make the check out for $2,293.53 times the number of people in your household. So if you're married with 2 kids, that's: $9,174.12, but feel free to round up to the nearest dollar.
How did this happen?
Way back in 1933 (after republican President Herbert Hoover's great Stock Market Crash of 1929), when millions of Americans were homeless and starving in the depths of the Great Depression, Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt pushed through the Glass-Stegall Act, regulating what the banks could do with your money.
This worked for a long time. It prevented any more crashes for 60 years.
But, it made it too hard for republicans like Phil Gramm, John McCain and a bunch of their lobbyist friends to rip you off.
This made them sad.
So, with some pretty words about "free markets," they convinced America to let the banks do whatever they want!
Phil Gramm repealed Glass-Steagal, and poof! Greed and corruption could once again rule the day! John McCain loves deregulation, so he happily voted for all this.
But this caused a problem: the greedsters vacuumed up all the money too quickly, and now we face another stock market crash. Oops!
So, to clean up the mess caused by republican deregulation you owe $2,293.53.
And guess what? There's More. But this note is long enough already. Just google "Keating 5" to learn how John McCain raised America's taxes by $124.6 billion dollars when he helped his friend Charles Keating "deregulate" the type of bank called "Savings and Loan."
It's simple:
-Republicans like John McCain, Phil Gramm and their lobbyist friends erase the rules.
-Billionaires rake in the dough.
-Wall Street crashes and burns.
-You foot the bill to rebuild Wall Street.
Next up: John McCain the "Great Deregulator" wants to
1.) "Deregulate" Health Care.
2.) Make you replace your Social Security nest egg with stocks.
Now how much will you pay? With John McCain and the republicans, you can pay all you've got!
PS:
Do you remember Enron? That's where the little guys all lost their jobs and pensions, grandparents who couldn't afford the manipulated electricity prices were left to die from the heat in the California summer, and the big guys walked off with billions. The Enron loophole was also written by Phil Gramm.
Phil Gramm was John McCain's economic adviser, until he accidentally said out loud that he thinks we're a bunch of whiners for wanting to feed our families and keep a roof over our heads. Phil Gramm works for a foreign bank that's under investigation for helping millionaires and billionaires evade their US taxes. Phil Gramm's foreign bank is on the list of banks to be bailed out with your tax money. Works out all neat and tidy, doesn't it?
Update 2 New version by GTPinNJ
My Friend,
You owe $2,293.53 dollars to Wall Street Fat Cats Inc.... check, cash or charge?
How do you owe this money?
It's simple, George Bush wants a 700 Billion dollar bailout for Fat Cat bankers.
--700 Billion dollars divided by the current U.S. population = $2,293.53
How the hell did this happen?
Thank John McCain and his top economic advisor Phil Gramm.
In 1999, after 60 years of successful regulation under the 1933 Glass-Stegall Act Republicans like Phil Gramm, John McCain and a bunch of Bank Lobbyists deregulated the banking industry and allowed banks to get involved in overly risky lending.
As predicted, those banks failed, taking others with them and we're now facing another stock market meltdown.
This wasn't the first (or even the second) time something like this happened:
-In 1982, under Republican Ronald Reagan the Savings and Loan/Banking industry was deregulated.
-Again, Republicans Phil Gram, John McCain, Lobbyists and fat cats like Charles Keating decided deregulation was a good idea. Let the Savings and Loan Companies do what they want!
-John McCain took hundreds of thousands of dollars of gifts and campaign contributions from Keating in exchange for doing his bidding.
-John McCain's gift to Charles Keating was the deregulation of S & L banks.
The results were frighteningly similar:
-Tax payers bailed out Fat Cat Bankers like Charles Keating with $124.6 billion.
-Google "Keating 5" and you'll see it all.
The pattern is simple:
-Republicans like John McCain, Phil Gramm and Lobbyists deregulate.
-Wall Street gets rich.
-You pay the bill.
Now John McCain who self-identifies as a "deregulator" wants to:
1.) Deregulate Health Care
2.) Privatize Social Security
We can't afford more of the same with John McCain.
How do you think Health Care and Social Security will turn out if John McCain and Phil Gramm get their way?
Wall Street doesn't care if you lost your job, or if you can't make your mortgage. But when they need a bailout, it's "Hello Big Government!"
Thanks,
Wall Street Fat Cats Inc.
P.S.
Your kids owe $2,293.53 no matter how old they are.
Your parents owe $2,293.53 no matter how little they make.