Friday, January 30, 2009

B.O.'s Hypocrisy and Rabid Socialism

B.O. recently was quoted w.r.t. business executives: “There will be time for them to make profits, and there will be time for them to get bonuses. Now’s not that time. And that’s a message that I intend to send directly to them, I expect Secretary Geithner to send to them.”

Biden said that he, like the president, was outraged by reports of large bonuses going to Wall Street executives. “I’d like to throw these guys in the brig,” he said. “They’re thinking the same old thing that got us here, greed. They’re thinking, ‘Take care of me.’ ”

This was stated just a few short weeks after a $170,000,000 inauguration and a few short days after pushing for $900,000,000,000 in increased government expenditures. $3,000,000,000 of which is targeted for the state of Virginia. Virginia's guv just spent $500,000 to pay for bus rides for people to/from the inauguration.

So in the midst of an economic crisis, $500K bus rides for an event is not accountable, turning us into a socialist nation impacting civil freedom is not accountable, spending a trillion of someone else's money is not accountable, spending $170M on a party is not accountable....but B.O. and Biden are outraged by executives being paid money by the companies and shareholders who decide to pay them that money.

I was wondering if B.O. would have Clinton-esque restraint and moderation, but his introductory actions and words reveal exactly what I feared: a rabid and radical socialist.

1 comment:

Tom Hubbard said...

Disgusting. I guess this is the hope and change that we can believe in.

Throw those Capitalists in the gulag, I mean brig! How dare they try to add value to society and pursue happiness!

Tom Hubbard
Richmond, VA