Pillaging, looting - these guys are pros Now comes the real looting!

[jbfam4]

Pillaging, looting - these guys are pros
Les Payne

http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-oppay174431691sep18,0,3790922,print.column?coll=ny-viewpoints-headlines
September 18, 2005



The $200 billion that President George W. Bush has earmarked for rebuilding the Gulf of Mexico region is chum for the big-ticket, GOP contributors. It will bring in the Great White contract-seeking sharks from Maine all the way to Iraq.



Stealing chapter and verse from Reagonomics, the Bush budgetmeisters insist on tax cuts for the wealthy without curtailing federal spending. In Reagan's case, as blueprinted by David Stockman, the money was lavishly spent on exotic cold-war military hardware such as the "Star Wars" Strategic Defense Initiative. The Bush administration has emptied the federal strongbox by leading the nation into a needless quagmire of a war in Iraq.




Still, the Bush administration is well on its way to weakening the government so dramatically that its successor will be hard- pressed to reverse the trend. This tilt toward federal bankruptcy, as with Reagan, will cripple the prospects for future social programs.

For now, the Bush administration will enable the oil companies to continue their looting, the rich to retain their fabulous tax breaks, and the mega- builders, such as Halliburton, to lap up the no-bid contracts and spiral up the cost overruns. This looting will never make it onto Fox TV, or much of the rest of the media for that matter.

God, what a country!

[Wapsie B]

1. How true.

These contractors like Haliburton are nothing but blood suckers.

Nominated.

[DemNoir]

Watch and learn

Nobody can loot like a rich white guy.

[glitch]

2. Any article that mentions Bush administration/looting is going nominated

by me! :dem:

[frankly_fedup2]

3. No, no, no! Remember Reaganomics? It takes at least 12 years

before the economy will start to spiral upward to a booming economy. It takes at least that long before the changes take effect. Bill Clinton just "happened" to be president at the time these "voodoo economics -- GHWB" actually proved that the Republicans were right all along. Bring the country to it's knees financially, get rid of social programs while increase corporate Welfare, and within 12 years the country will reap the riches. Oh yeah, Clinton fell into overnight successes of the dot coms. "(Rush Limbaugh claims Clinton was the worst president this country has ever had.") Well if he was the worst, he certainly was a lucky SOB to have all this good fortune fall upon his presidency.

In 2020, whoever is the president then (if we still have what is called a "president" then), that president will be trying to take the credit (like Clinton did) for the booming economy. If it is a Republican president at that time, per the Republicans, all will be right with the World.

It's pure genius ("Rush Limbaugh") and we Dems just do not have the mental capacity to understand how economics really work. All we do is raise taxes to take care of the debt and deficit (which are two different things but we are not suppose to understand that either).

Corporations should NEVER pay taxes and should always get some kind of subsides so they can make more of a profit and increase the amount of jobs they can provide. Jobs without benefits, without insurance, and minimum wage, but everyone can have a job if they want one. They will claim there is no reason ANYONE should need the government to help them with anything . . . not even the ones who will retire after working over 40 years and paying into Social Security to ensure they have some income once they retire. How dare they! Don't they know Medicare is a gift from the federal government. (really actual quote from Limpballs).

Also, we are murderers and hate God. (almost forgot to add that).

Okay, had enough fun yet? I have and got a headache to boot.

I wanted to put all this in print so the "freepers" and "lurkers" that come on here can read it and see how absolutely ridiculous and ludicrous these statements are. For those that are Republicans and you read this and agree with it, you must immediately call your local mental health facility. Because if you believe that crap above, you are psychotic and are not thinking rationally or even being in touch with reality.

(I honestly did this as a public service to help those on the right with blinders on to stop and use the brain that God gave them. Probably just a waste of time)

[enki23]

4. once the good people are safely away from new orleans...

shoot looters on sight.