Try this on for size. So we are at the fire station, and everyone is grousing about the bailout as is the entire USA and the world.
We have been screwed over so much by the Republicans and bush*uck that we are almost as bad a Pel*si now. But we just thought that they were robbing the Treasury, and now to finish the thing they are extorting us and our unborn grandchildren because what they have already taken just isn't enough. Fire Fighters like to make decisions and wrap things up. Well, here is our American bialout plan.
And then clarity's bell is rung right in front of me.
Below the fold.
So my friend comes up with the obvious idea.
His name is undisclosed herein. I'll call him Ty. He said that this whole thing is just paying off the crooks. Why give them a dime? Fire them all. No bonuses, no exit pay, no golden parachutes.
He says what we need is to connect with the people like F. D. Roosevelt did.
We need a program, Ty says, like FDR did. Only bailout those that need it. Homeowners with bad mortgages, small businesses that need loans, finance industry employees that need job retraining, Ceo's that need jobs digging ditches, you get the idea. Put people to work rebuilding bridges to somewhere, rehabing houses, tearing down fences separating us from our neighbors. Lets build a bridge from Big Diomede to Little Diomede and make friends with the Russians. Just kidding, kind of.
Keep neighborhood banks from failing, but punish those that were greedy. Prosecute those that were crooked. Help the weak.
But of those 700 Billion, not a penny to any executive from a company that overextended. Don't bail out AIG, close it down, and pay out claims directly to those that have legitimate claims.
Fire every singe CEO, COO, CFO, and the entire board of directors of every company we take over. Enact the plan, and then fire Paulsen, if not part of the deal, then impeach him. The CEO's messed up, and Paulsen didn't regulate so he should pay for it with his job.
Yes, there would be outfall on Wall St. This is about as they say, Main street. Help those that need help. Jobs. Take over bad mortgages and make sure people can buy houses and not loosing them get jobs, health care. guarantee all of this, and it would help everyone, not just the investors. Investors take risk, and crooked lobbyists protect them. Home owners don't have lobbyists, except for us. $700 Billion would go a long way to do all of this, and we the American people would hold the notes, not the Chinese. We must change the way we do business
Obama might get burned if takes the wrong move. A wrong move would be to give money to mutimillionaires. The public is moveing towards him now, it is almost in his hands. Hands that must reach out and give confidence back to us, the Americans. McCain can't do that. Now only Obama can. And Yes We Can.