We’re all familiar with the story of the boy who cried wolf, after seeing the Bush administration’s presentation of the $700 billion dollar bailout, I’m convinced that George W. Bush is the President who cried wolf. Leading up to our invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration sent out every one of their minions to convince our nation and the rest of the world that Saddam Hussein posed a threat to our way of living. I never bought into Iraq war propaganda, but millions of Americans and many world leaders did–look at the debacle it turned into. While things have definitely turned and are headed in a positive direction in Iraq, it’s hard to believe anything that comes out of Bush’s mouth.
With that said, when George W. Bush comes out in front of the nation and says, “our entire economy is in danger,” many Americans are skeptical. Is our economy really in such dire condition that we must rely on the Federal government to spend $700 billion it doesn’t have to bail out troubled financial institutions or does George Bush have ulterior motives with the proposed bailouts, such as helping those who helped him get elected?
No wonder so many Americans are outraged!
1 comment
PO says:
September 27, 2008 at 8:56 am (UTC -6 )
It’s hard to make ones mind up on what alert level to be at…the “economy’s falling, the economy’s falling” Chicken Little yell has been used for years and years, but to no avail. Might as well run around screaming, “there’s WMD’s in Iraq…there’s WMD’s in Iraq.” All I do know is I’m not terribly fond of using my tax money to form a strand of silk for some of the CEO’s golden parachutes they’ll use to get out of what should constitute jail time, if not a healthy fine.