Wednesday, August 1, 2012

GOP and the Economy: They Pissed on Our Legs and Told Us It Was Raining | Alternet

GOP and the Economy: They Pissed on Our Legs and Told Us It Was Raining | Alternet
"Remember this, too. Other than six and seven-figure annual tax cuts for rich people, the other thing that killed our fiscal situation was the lack of regulation and oversight of Wall Street. That was another gift to rich people, the smartest of which developed schemes to game the housing market and make a fortune for themselves, while the rest of us were left with properties that were worth less than we borrowed to move into them. They took away our money and then they took away our jobs and then they took away our freedom to move to find a new job."