That said, there is a certain level of injustice to the bailouts. I saw a great political cartoon about this but can't find it now.
I'm on government assistance. I'm getting a divorce and have two children and my husband is doing his best to screw me out of any kind of support at all. So I'm on welfare and living with my parents.
The amount of oversight over any kind of state/federal financial assistance is unbelievable. They don't want no welfare queens living off the state, yo. I can't blink without the state saying "Hey, did you just blink? Does that make you any money that we should take away from your assistance amount? Are you sitting around blinking instead of working? Did you fill out all the proper paperwork to report your blinking?"
And yet, these big financial institutions are being given massive amounts of social welfare with very little oversight.
That, in my opinion, is injustice. The big guys should be treated exactly the same as the little guys.
And by the way, LEGALLY, both individuals and corporations are considered "persons" under the law, so the law applies to them equally regardless.
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Date: 2009-03-20 02:07 am (UTC)I'm on government assistance. I'm getting a divorce and have two children and my husband is doing his best to screw me out of any kind of support at all. So I'm on welfare and living with my parents.
The amount of oversight over any kind of state/federal financial assistance is unbelievable. They don't want no welfare queens living off the state, yo. I can't blink without the state saying "Hey, did you just blink? Does that make you any money that we should take away from your assistance amount? Are you sitting around blinking instead of working? Did you fill out all the proper paperwork to report your blinking?"
And yet, these big financial institutions are being given massive amounts of social welfare with very little oversight.
That, in my opinion, is injustice. The big guys should be treated exactly the same as the little guys.
And by the way, LEGALLY, both individuals and corporations are considered "persons" under the law, so the law applies to them equally regardless.