I know a former neighbor who i guess is in his 50s and was unemployed for months even before 0bama was inaugurated. An honest, decent person. If the stupid Pubbies had stood up against bailouts for Wall St. speculators, they would own the votes of people like that for years.
That is not politically correct!
Well, unless a person in their late 40’s/early 50’s is a government employee, they ought to have enough good sense to vote conservative or at least Republican by that age; regardless of bailouts or anything else.
What people in this country (and, indeed, the world) have to realize is that the bailout(s) of Wall street bankers are going to cost them several additional years of work before they will able to retire. *That* is the sobering thought, as far as I’m concerned. These bailouts will represent a non-subtle dimunition in the quality of life for each and every American not a direct beneficiary thereof.
Understand that a bailout of Greece is in the works. I believe I read that the average retirement age in Greece is 56. In Germany, 59. So Germany and by extension Germans, the people, will go further into debt in order to subsidize the early retiremenet of Greeks. Oh yeah, I’m sure that will go over well.