Its pretty funny to hear the Republicans consistently accuse the Dems of wanting “big government” as if its the root of all evil, when in fact most of the major crisis this country has faced in the last 40 years have been largely due to insufficient or removed regulations. The housing bubble, which is at the core of this whole mess, was caused entirely by lenders being allowed to do the ridiculous (NINJA loans) in absence of any real form of regulatory oversight.
So the Repubs blame Big Government for everything and charge “tax and spend” a the Dems to strike fear in the voters. When the reality is more regulation was needed to keep us out of this mess. And to top that all off, now the top Repub candidate wants to simply explode the Government and take it places it has no place being, just to desperately win the votes he needs to get elected.
I’ll say this – if McCain does somehow manage to steal this election like W did twice, then the first thing I’m going to do is head down to my local Department of Bailouts office and sell them my house for $300K, then buy it right back from them for $250K, and continue renting it out. I figure that spread will put about $500 a month in my pocket. Over 30 or 40 years, that’s a nice chunk of change. You Go, Mr Maverick!
