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| Kelsey Grammer: Stimulus and Bailout Laws Reward 'Evil-Doers' |
| 2009-02-19 |
| (CNSNews.com) - Television and film actor Kelsey Grammer said the economic stimulus bill rewards "evil doers," among whom are people who did not pay their mortgages or should not have obtained a mortgage in the first place but will now be bailed out by taxpayers. "The only problem I see with the stimulus package is that, as a rule, it rewards the people that are evildoers -- all of them -- and that's a problem for me, personally," Grammer told CNSNews.com at the reopening of the Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. "It may not be a popular position to take," said Grammer, "but I honestly believe that the bill is fraught with the idea that those who did the most damage to our country -- from the bottom up and the top down -- are the ones that are actually going to get the most rewards." |
| Posted by:Icerigger |
| #10 See moral hazard. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-02-19 19:22 |
| #9 And with that, Grammer's career is officially kaput. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-02-19 16:38 |
| #8 swk, very well put. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2009-02-19 11:51 |
| #7 Its not so unpopular a stance out in the rest of the world Mr. Grammer, and you are absolutely right. As my wife said, "Why is our daughter going to be paying off somebody else's house?" Well, edited for language. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2009-02-19 11:31 |
| #6 Atlas is starting to shrug. For the first time in many years I paid no federal income tax for last year. Don't fund them. Shut them down. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2009-02-19 09:20 |
| #5 Great way to ruin a country. There, fixed it for you Aussie Mike. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2009-02-19 09:11 |
| #4 #2 You are right phil_b. Reward the deadbeats, punish the savers. Great way to run a country. Unfortunately there's no effective opposition in Australia right now. Posted by Aussie Mike But that's the goal here as well. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-02-19 07:57 |
| #3 video at link |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2009-02-19 05:53 |
| #2 You are right phil_b. Reward the deadbeats, punish the savers. Great way to run a country. Unfortunately there's no effective opposition in Australia right now. |
| Posted by: Aussie Mike 2009-02-19 04:22 |
| #1 The same thing is happening in Australia. Social policy disguised as economic policy. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2009-02-19 00:46 |