Ron Paul discusses the bailout vote in the House
September 30th, 2008 by Brendan SteinhauserHat tip to the Campaign for Liberty for posting this video of Congressman Ron Paul discussing the House vote on the Wall Street Bailout bill.
Hat tip to the Campaign for Liberty for posting this video of Congressman Ron Paul discussing the House vote on the Wall Street Bailout bill.
October 4th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison,
CC: John Cornyn, Kay Granger
I have for years been a staunch supporter of your’s. Until your vote on this PORK BARREL SCAM BAILOUT, I would have bet the proverbial Farm on you and your judgment.
Even though I am overseas at present, I felt confident that you and others like you had the best interest of Texas, The USA, and The People in your heart. I firmly believed you would support and protect the Constitution and the American way of life from all enemies foreign and domestic. I have down loaded and watched your speech before the Bailout vote in the Senate and watched it several times, trying to understand what in the world would possess you to support such a disaster of a bill. You mentioned strings of control several times, enough strings combined make a rope. This rope will hang us. ( Did someone have a gun to your head? ) Why?
To say I am throughly disappointed and discussed, is an under statement. The true feeling is much like the feelings I have had putting fallen comrades in body bags. I feel you and those who voted for this, PORK BARREL SCAM BAILOUT, have put The USA and The Constitution in a body bag.
Contrary to the quote,”this is a step down a slippery slope to Socialism!”, this is a jumping, falling, and rolling down the hill to Communism.
I am quite sure you remember, Nikita Khrushchev’s speech before the U.N.,”America will fall without a shot being fired. It will fall from within.” It seems his words have come through with ringing clarity.
Where the Senate and Congress have, ignored their constituents expressed desires, violated the Constitution, with this bill enslaved two generations to come, and demonstrated with certain clarity there is no representation of the people in our government.
I read the bailout plan, originally all 110 pages and am attempting to sort through the current 458 pages. This disconnected jumble is more sickening than the first and will not cure the problem. It will only worsen it. The bailout reminds me of a young lady who was told her bank account was overdrawn and remarked” I can’t be out of money! I’m not out of checks!” Is that the Senate’s excuse? They are trying to write a check they can’t cash. Come election day I bet the American People can cash a check.
In plain “Texan” you can dress up a Pig but it is still a Pig. It is time to slaughter this HOG and all who voted for it. The voting booth makes for a very large Slaughter House.
If the Bailout is such a good deal why haven’t the Democrats passed it by themselves and kept all the Glory? There is another question that comes to mind here. How much of this boondoogle is going to Foreign banks? If you have followed foreign news and stock markets, especially those who are blaming the USA for all the world’s problems ( Steinmeier ), their markets, which are in worse condition than ours’, suddenly seem to act as if the money is going straight into their accounts.
Do you truly believe that 700 billion will do the job? Rule of thumb for government estimates: Double the estimate for the first six months, triple for the next six month period, 33.5 percent for each following six month periods attributed to unforeseen inflation adjustments and cost overruns .But we are already at 850 billion, in only three days. Let it die a natural death. Do not waste resources on a hopeless case. Let the chips fall where they may, pick up the pieces, and move on.
Every working Citizen will lose if it ever goes through. Banks and Wall Street are not Citizens they are Business entities. The government will borrow (at interest) the money needed from the Fed. The Fed will create the dollars out of thin air ( refer to Germany 1923 ), devaluing the U.S. currency. Taxpayers will repay the loan. Much like the economy of the Carter years, except that the scale and damage will be about 300 fold more severe. Those business entities which cannot survive will be bought up in the market, as is already happening ( refer to Banks already acquired. It seems the politicians couldn’t run a business if their lives depended on it. This is a political solution that will compound the problem. I say Fasten your seat belts everyone. It’s going to be a long, bumpy ride. As one of those who survived the Carter years, “you ain’t seen nothing yet!” But wasting resources will not cure the problem.
I believe the Senate has just completed a Constitutionally illegal vote in their attempt to shove this Bailout down our throats. The Constitution requires that Bill originate in the House of Representatives, be voted on and passed, then sent to the Senate, where it may be voted on. The House did not pass the bill. The Senate appears to have tried to side step the Constitutional requirement by attaching it to an unrelated bill.
In closing I have this in plain “Texan” again, I would ask “Have you lost your cotton picking mind?” Perhaps it is time for the fabled NONE OF THE ABOVE slot on the ballot. I make this solemn promise to do my best to ensure the defeats of every member of congress who votes for the Bailout. Those of you who have enjoyed my support in the past, will see an active participant in the attempt to see you removed from office, should you vote for this abomination.
Little quips and pearls of insight that reflect on the moment. If this SCAM PIG BAILOUT goes through you will probably hear much stronger words.
For those still playing the Blame game remember, “Divide and Conquer.”
Those still clinging to God and guns, forget it, it’s just a memory,say”Hello Comrade.”
“It’s like a big cowpie with a little bit of marshmallow inside and I don’t want to eat the cowpie,” said Rep. Louie Gohmert,R-Texas.
Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., a leading conservative, said the step was “leading us into the pit of socialism.”
Another was “ This is a crap sandwich!”
For those fighting the party wars.
“Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.”
– Alexander Pope
Have you ever seen anything the government has touched that is not as “Messed-up” as a”SOUP SANDWICH?
“Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., a leading conservative, said the step was “leading us into the pit of socialism.”
Sincerely ,
S. Michael Bryant