The Coalition of the Swilling

It shouldn't be Troubled Asset Relief Program, it should be Critical Relief for Assets Program, because the acronym then spells it all out for us.

I don't know. I can see both sides of this but I'm sick of being told that my hard-earned money is being loaned to people with vaporous, at best, plans for how they're going to fix things. If I were as vague on my tax forms as GM and company have been about what they will do to "improve," I'd be in whatever the modern equivalent of Alcatraz is.

"A precipitous collapse of this industry would have a severe impact on our economy, and it would be irresponsible to further weaken and destabilize our economy at this time."

Yup. But three years ago, when certain Congressmen suggested a way to avoid this time entirely? It was responsible to further weaken and destabilize the economy then?

It's not too terribly surprising that these yahoos have no concept of cause and effect, seeing as how they've never had to deal with the effects of anything they've ever done since going to DC. All this busywork to look good could have been avoided by simply doing actual work at the right time. Any teacher will tell you it's the laziest kids who wind up with the most work and the deepest difficulties - but when it comes to government all of us get the F, primarily because we keep voting in these corrupt chair warmers.

The system is imploding.The corruption and treasonous behavior of our government has become
so severe,it can no longer be hidden.
They give 700 billion to a group of international bankers,but hestitate about saving American jobs
in a primarily black area of Michigan.Sick Bastards,
let's applaude the day when they are thrown into the ocean with millstones around their necks.
Traitors and criminals.What happened to Jeffersonian
ideals? Dead with the international F##kers.
Let's talk about free markets when there are
40 million illegals in our country.Destroying
our schools and our public service system.
Bastards! Our leaders are f#cking traitors.

"Our leaders are f#cking traitors."

They've been so for at least forty years.

Gunslinger: I think Reagan was the last President
who was his own man.The Bushes and Clinton never
really ran their own administrations.As far as
Congress goes, Congress has become a haven for
liars and crooks with nice smiles that look good in suits and have no souls,kinda like the serpeant in Eden?

One can understand how stressful all this must be for UAW employees...surely we should not begrudge providing the bailout funds so they can continue to have 20 days per year of paid vacation plus 18 other paid holidays.

Gemm5K