Idiot Extraordinaire-Senate (oh hell Congress in general)

Started by Dallas Wildman, January 30, 2014, 07:04:28 PM

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Dallas Wildman

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dallen68

Quote from: Dallas Wildman on January 30, 2014, 07:04:28 PM
http://fairfaxnews.com/2014/01/senate-delays-flood-insurance-rate-increases/

Congress to bailout stupid homeowners on the East Coast.

Well, as far as it goes, I'd rather bail out "stupid" homeowners "on the East Coast" than "multi-billionaire 'genius' investors on Wall Street. Mind, I'd just assume let both fail, and pick up the pieces, but if I absolutely must bail out one or the other...

Dallas Wildman

Quote from: dallen68 on January 30, 2014, 09:31:38 PM
Well, as far as it goes, I'd rather bail out "stupid" homeowners "on the East Coast" than "multi-billionaire 'genius' investors on Wall Street. Mind, I'd just assume let both fail, and pick up the pieces, but if I absolutely must bail out one or the other...
That's the thing though these homeowners' are unquestionably very rich people, so in both cases we are bailing out millionaires if not billionaires.
Working every day to expose the terrible price we pay for government.

dallen68

Quote from: Dallas Wildman on January 31, 2014, 10:34:51 PM
That's the thing though these homeowners' are unquestionably very rich people, so in both cases we are bailing out millionaires if not billionaires.

I was going to make a snide response to this, but when I was done, I realized you were right.