>>>You are so angry!
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>>>Yes I am. But the question is why aren't you? Are you aware that the FDIC may be insolvent in another 6 months? So why the heck are we throwing billions of our hard earned tax dollars at AIG, CitiGroup and GM instead of using it to shore up the FDIC so that we can protect the inividuals from whom the government has taken these billions?
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>>I think we've glossed over a crucial moment too quickly. Remember a couple of months ago when there was a vote on the first bailout? When there was a general anger and hundreds of thousands of people were writing to their representatives to vote against? And they did vote it down... only to vote for it a few days later. Why? What changed? The people's anger petered out in these few days?
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>>One of the stories that circulates the net is that the representatives were threatened by a coup of some sort, or a military takeover, or state of emergency or something, if the bailout doesn't pass the second time. Of course, only those who were there know for sure, but what if it's true? A blackmail sounds like a solid explanation for the continuing march toward the cliff.
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>It is the holier than thou attitude some politicians have (well most) which is that they know better than the average citizen. They pretend to listen and make public statements of concern and then vote however they want regardless.

In this case they seem to have voted at least once, maybe twice against their own will - first, against the bailout because of the pressure from the people, second time because they were blackmailed into it.

If just the people's rage would peter in...