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and this is news, why?
— November 26, 2008 1:02 p.m.

Paulson Raked in $27 Million a Year While Heading Goldman, Says Expert Graef Crystal, Who Opposes the $700 Billion Bailout and Also Opposes Compensation Controls

While watching the hearings on CSPAN - one question came to mind. While it was very clear to me Paulson is not credible...I haven't yet gotten the impression our Senate is as quick to discern the obvious. Voters are well aware our country has flipped from government supporting its people to people supporting what only poses as their government. And they're very, very angry. More so that people keep referring to Bush's parade of "experts" crying for yet another bailout. Lets think about that. Using 9/11 as an example; after local police, the FBI, the CIA and the NSA all had information detailing we would be attacked, or at the very least; suspected we would be attacked; these government workers all failed to act appropriately and share this information to prevent the attack. Ultimately, it was government workers who failed to protect innocent Americans and other taxpayers, who relied on them to do their job. So while thousands of taxpayers, paying for government officials to do their job lost their lives; no one in government lost their job. In fact its worse than that. Government officials who didn't perform in the first place, decided what the country needed, was not to Fire anyone who failed to perform; but to Create; more government. Enter, Homeland Security. Government's solution never varies. It's *always* more government. We are now at the brink of a déjà vu situation, this time in the financial markets. President Bush is now quoting financial "experts" when asking the same Congress who failed to address Bush's deliberate misinformation on Iraq, is again being asked to trust the "Experts" and create more government. Just say, "No." Members of Congress who only seem to find time for lobbyists, rather than constituents, (somehow voters seldom become "special interest groups") a Congress which recently put children at further risk in passing HR 6048, is again being asked to create another agency. Just say, "No." Our country has flipped from government supporting its people to people supporting what only poses as their government. This is not only major league, nuts. It's also unconscionable.
— September 24, 2008 4 p.m.

Keeping it in the family

A word to incumbents about the bailout. The jig is up. We know you've helped flip our country from government supporting its people to people supporting what only *poses* as their government. That said we can no longer afford to listen to Bush's "experts" for the latest bailout. Using 9/11 as an example; after local police, the FBI, the CIA and the NSA all had information detailing we would be attacked, or at the very least; suspected we would be attacked; these government workers all failed to act appropriately and share this information to prevent the attack. Ultimately, it was government workers who failed to protect innocent Americans and other taxpayers, who relied on them to do their job. So while thousands of taxpayers, paying for government officials to do their job lost their lives; no one in government lost their job. Worse, government officials who didn't perform in the first place, decided what the country needed, was not to Fire anyone who failed to perform; but to Create; more government. Enter, Homeland Security. Government's solution never varies. It's *always* more government. We are now at the brink of a déjà vu situation, this time in the financial markets. President Bush is now quoting financial "experts" when asking the same Congress who failed to address Bush's deliberate misinformation on Iraq, is again being asked to trust the "Experts" and create more government. Just say, "No." Members of Congress who only seem to find time for lobbyists, rather than constituents, (somehow voters seldom become "special interest groups") a Congress which recently put children at further risk in passing HR 6048, is again being asked to create another agency. Just say, "No." Our country has flipped from government supporting its people to people supporting what only poses as their government. This is not only major league, nuts. It's also unconscionable.
— September 23, 2008 11:01 a.m.

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