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2011-06-11 Economy

USA 2011: McJobs, $4 Gas And Underwater Housing-Steyn

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Posted by Beavis 2011-06-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 Read it all, and thank your lucky stars Steyn doesn't write for the Dims.

Posted by Bobby 2011-06-11 09:25|| 2011-06-11 09:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Where have all the flowers gone?

Between Carter and Clinton and now Obama, we are enjoying the rotten fruits of their collective efforts. The Carter-era Community Reinvestment Act forced banks to lend to uncreditworthy borrowers, mostly in minority areas. Clinton, 1994, spoke before a national conference, and basically said everyone should own a house (chicken in every pot notion). James Johnson, from Fannie Mae, had come up with the machinery to do it (Currently he is attending the Bilderberg Conference). Regulators were told to stfu and get out of the way. Lobbyists were used with great skill. Laws and regulations were relaxed. The lines between Wall Street and national government got blurred.

The result: The greatest looting of money the world has ever known and the breaking of our economy. Obamacare is just the final straw to topple the remains of the economy.

All of these SOBs who have there fingerprints on this debacle shouldn't be allowed near government for the rest of their lives. Prison sentences ought to be considered. They are no different than Madoff IMO.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-06-11 10:28|| 2011-06-11 10:28|| Front Page Top

#3 their fingerprints

Posted by JohnQC 2011-06-11 10:31|| 2011-06-11 10:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Where's that damned reset button when you need it?

Posted by Jefferson 2011-06-11 11:32|| 2011-06-11 11:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Prison sentences ought to be considered.

No, not prison sentences, mass hangings of all the would be ruling class, and their enablers and tools.

There is no way back...without bloodshed. Period. This is what Thomas Jefferson talked about.

Posted by Chavinter Hupavirong3890 2011-06-11 13:35|| 2011-06-11 13:35|| Front Page Top

#6 My favorite part is the Dept of Ed's paramilitary brute squad. Nobody's gonna cut their budget anytime soon...

Posted by regular joe 2011-06-11 14:36|| 2011-06-11 14:36|| Front Page Top

#7 I see our retarded inbred son of a Saoodi whore has learned to cut-n-paste. Drooler

Posted by Frank G 2011-06-11 14:49|| 2011-06-11 14:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Trash removed.

Posted by lotp 2011-06-11 15:07|| 2011-06-11 15:07|| Front Page Top

#9 Millions will die because of this POS government. The leaders thereof should be hunted down after the collapse and put down like dogs when we are all forced to live like animals.

Treat these leaders like Amalek - leading us back into slavery.

Posted by newc 2011-06-11 15:36|| 2011-06-11 15:36|| Front Page Top

#10 Prison sentences ought to be considered.

What? And deny lampposts their secondary function?

Lets not forget the members of the media who have been outright lying about this for decades. I'm sure we have enough lamp posts to go around.

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-06-11 19:46|| 2011-06-11 19:46|| Front Page Top

#11 "I'm sure we have enough lamp posts to go around."

If not, we can always put up more, CF. I'll contribute.

Lampposts to light the future!

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-06-11 20:12|| 2011-06-11 20:12|| Front Page Top

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