Wish Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Were As Innocent As They Sound

I do not want to hear a single syllable about reducing social programs. Not a damned one.

I, my children and my children’s children are all going to be paying for Iraq, global warming and the failure to address energy demands. Now on top of it we are all going to pay for the bailout of the mortgage banks that double dipped by having stockholders and government oversight.

The libertarian side of me says “Sucks to be you!” but I am told at least 150 banks will collapse in the next year and a crumbling financial structure will destroy our economy. So like Bear Stearns the government is stepping in which means it sucks to be me.

Add up every social program. Hunt out the welfare queens and the Medicaid freeloaders. Tell college students how much we wish they were engineers and scientists but there’s no money for loans. Cut off Head Start for those lazy parents who won’t teach their own preschoolers. Slow the pace of our transportation infrastructure rebuilding – we’re worth less anyway according to EPA.

There is no way the cost of these programs which make lives better is more than the cost of bailing out banks and government officials that can’t be bothered to be accountable. Eventually all sins come due. There must be a lot of people who are relieved they won’t be around when it happens.