[quote=afx114]Amount not given to auto industry: $14 billion

Amount given to banking industry: $700 billion
Number of auto industries that could have been saved with the money used to save the banking industry: 50.

Amount spent in Iraq per month: $12 billion
Number of days in Iraq that would pay for bailout of auto industry: 35 days.

2008 Federal Budget: $2.66 trillion
Percentage of Federal Budget that the requested $14 billion would have taken: 0.0052

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think we should be bailing out any businesses that make crappy products that nobody wants to buy. But the picking and choosing of who/what is worthy and who/what is not is mind-boggling.[/quote]

You’re correct. People have a had time separating the poor principle of the bailout and the hypocrisy and immorality in which the USG allocates money to begin with. If anything giving those dying dinosaurs a couple bucks would have made a few people sleep a little better over the holidays which is better use of how they allocate most of our money.

If anything you showed our priorities. Imperialistic resource wars good and trying to control the globe good, propping up a failed and corrupt financial system good, helping citizens bad.

It’s that simple folks, thats our government, left or right.

Yippee for us

Also, It’s funny how the Bush administration suddenly turned into the champion of the working man after the senate shot the bill down. I’m sure it’s because they care so much…