Looting America: Treasury Secretary Paulson Threatened Senators with Martial Law

ChrisMartenson.com ^ | 12/2/08 | Chris Martenson

[Toddsterpatriot]

Not defending Paulson's actions but I don't believe he said *HE* would impose martial law.

Don't confuse them with the facts.

[randomhero97]

Lol. What are you the comedic relief of the forum?

Explain to me how these bailout packages are pro-capitalist.

[JasonC]

Instead of the government robbing financiers at gunpoint to the tune of $480 billion a year to pay for middle class entitlement boondoggles to buy votes from deadbeats on mainstreet, the government stops looting the productive capitalist class of financiers for a few months, because the aforementioned deadbeats sticking those financiers with $1 trillion in broken promises on top of the half a trillion in taxation loot in one year, threatened to capsize the country if it continued. And you and all the other deadbeat looters scream bloody murder as though it is your birthright to rob capitalists of their capital for free with reckless abandon forever. It isn't. Drop dead. The government has to fix the financial system it and you broke, it will do so, and the main productive engine of America, which is its finance sector, will get back to adding a third of all the value added in the country, and will go back to producing endless positive externalities for ignorant ingrates like yourself. Until the grown ups have done that, sit down and shut up.

[randomhero97]

And you and all the other deadbeat looters scream bloody murder as though it is your birthright to rob capitalists of their capital for free with reckless abandon forever.

Dude, I probably make more than your whole family combined so don't start that shit. How in the hell is the government going to fix something that it broke? What "middle class entitlement boondoggles" are you talking about? The CRA? Subprime loans? Yes, that's total bullshit but who pressed it, the government? I'm a staunch believer in trickle-down economics but that's not what we have now. The government involved in the market from the get-go created these issues and you want to place your trust in the enabler of this mess.

What about the auto industry now? Should we bail them out as well? Where does it stop.

[Pagey]

Reading this article reminds me of what The Ultimate Banker, Mr. David "Chase Manhattan" Rockefeller once said in Newsweek International on Feb 1, 1999: ".....somebody has to take governments' place, and business seems to me to be a logical entity to do it....." Paulson has much more power that David R. ever envisaged a Banker to have while serving in Gov't; this is like a dream come true for the Billionaire Bankers. Think about it, "The U.S. Congress just gave one of my friends $700,000,000 with no strings attached". We average folks must be living in some parallel universe for this to occur.

[djsherin]

How do you know randomhero97 has contributed in any way to this financial crisis? How has he robbed these “capitalists”? The government was responsible for this in the first place.

[randomhero97]

The problem is that I'm one of the capitalists that's getting robbed. I'm currently in the process of building up capital to start a small business without taking out a huge SBA loan. When income taxes increase, capital gains taxes increase, and inflation hits because of this "boondoggle" it won't even be worth it anymore.

You can't reason with corporate fascists so I'm not even going to try.