Posted on 01/31/2009 9:56:45 PM PST by WheresMyBailout
I'll list some names but it is by no means exclusive. It would be interesting if you could post a brief rationale by your post. The option of nobody also exists and the option of a class of people exists:
Fed Chiefs:
Alan Greenspan
Ben Bernanke
Paul Volcker
Speakers of the House:
Newt Gingrich
Denny Hastert
Nancy Pelosi
Senate Banking Committee Chairmen:
Al D'Amato
Phil Gramm
Paul Sarbanes
Richard Shelby
Chris Dodd
House Financial Services Committee Chairmen:
Jim Leach
Mike Oxley
Barney Frank
Presidents:
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Treasury Secretaries:
Robert Rubin
Lawrence Summers
Paul O'Neill
John Snow
Henry Paulson
Tim Geithner
Defense Secretaries:
William Perry
William Cohen
Donald Rumsfeld
Robert Gates
Failed Presidential Candidates:
Bob Dole
Al Gore
John Kerry
John McCain
Others:
Tom Bliley
Judd Gregg
Ken Lay (Enron)
Jeffrey Skilling (Enron)
Bernard Madoff
Dick Fuld (Lehman)
Angelo Mozilo (Countrywide)
Jon Corzine (former CEO of Goldman, along with Rubin and Paulson)
Franklin Raines (Fannie Mae)
Daniel Mudd (Fannie Mae)
Martin Sullivan (AIG)
Robert Willumstad (AIG)
Maurice Greenberg (AIG)
Classes of People:
Nobody
OPEC
A particular country
A particular religious group
A particular ethnic group
A particular profession
“Who do you blame most significantly for the downfall in the economy?”
The voters. They elected these losers.
Fed Chiefs Greenspan & Bernanke, Dem leaders Frank & Dodd and some sort of covert manipulation by George Soros and friends.
The blame lies in the entitlement culture which is perpetrated by the Democratic party, which is supported by Soros, who is inspired by Marxist forces, who are marshalled by the source of all evil in the world.
The Republicans did nothing to stop it, so they deserve equal blame.
As Pogo observered “We have seen the enemy and it is US.”
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