grndaddygrpeape
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Are you missing the reason for anger from those who follow the rules, and have worked and continue to work for what they have?
Why is it so hard for you to understand that some are unwillling to pay those who gamed the system.
Didn't your mommy read you the story of "The Ant and the Grasshopper"?
That may be the case but do you want the economy to fail? Why do you have such a problem help out your fellow Americans? And are you refering to the thousands here in the US who are poverty stricken as the ones who "gamed" system?
The problem is far more complex than you implied in your original post. Add to your calculations:
1) There is no way to determine whether those being bailed out are yuppies with an investment, crooks looking to flip a house for a quick profit, someone who purchases a second or third vacation house, or the ones that you imagine, with five kids, two jobs and a sudden illness.
2) The government was not design to do those things which caused the problem, nor throw around the funds which may or may not solve the problem.
3) I am opposed to any government plan which would change the terms of a legal contract (mortgage). Or we are no longer a nation of laws.
4) You seem to be confusing charity with public policy. Conservatives believe in voluntary community and charity, based on duties to each other, as opposed to involuntary collectivism. BTW, this is why conservatives are known to give far more charity than liberals.
5) In my post, I said neither that I didn't want to help my felllow Americans, nor did I say that I wanted the economy to fail. You've jumped to conclusions in a rather simple minded way.
You are good-hearted, but misinformed.
Actually you are looking into it entirely to much. The bottom line is that however these people messed up finacialy, it has to be fixed, otherwise our economy will drop some more. pulling us into something worse than The Great Depression of the 1930s. And i havent jumped to conclusions. I'm sorry that you can't see past YOU and look at it for what it really is. PULLING OUR NATION OUT OF AN ECONOMIC CRISIS!