K'riq Sa
Commodore
I don't understand why they keep giving out billions in Taxpayer money to these mega corps, and banks, and expect it somehow to trickle down to the masses. We have a Small Business Administration in place, why are we not giving out loans directly to small local business? Why are there not some sort of Micro loan program established like in Africa, a bridge loan as it were, to help give assistance to those families who are in need TODAY!.
People are losing their houses now, can't feed their families tonight, have no income of any sort coming in, and don't foresee anything coming in anytime soon. We may need to replenish our job market, one job at a time, but we can't because the banks are not giving any credit to small enterprises at this time. They were given all that bailout money to inject into the economy, only, by their own account, kept the cash in their own pockets, to insure their liquidity, just in case things go horribly wrong.
I see the Welfare system coming back online, in large part because there is nothing else. Why hasn't some of that money been channeled into that? Right now, I think they give you $100 in food stamps, and a check for $280 a month. Who, in God's name could, live off that, realistically? And I'm not talking the homeless now, I'm talking about someone like "YOU" and me. We have already been in limbo, by and large, for the last 4 months, and was held over a barrel, and forceably gang raped by the oil companies ($5 a gallon gas, remember that a few short months ago?), our government enties, giant corporations, our own banks, and anyone else have some vicarious access to our wallets. Let's not even talk about the ilk like Berney Madoff, and now a host of others that are beginning to come to light, who have literaly fleeced people, outright in front of the government watchdogs. We finally looking up from our Reality TV, to see that our own situations have become a lot more like a "End of Civilization" type movie, playing out in real life, right before our very eyes. Now, not only are things getting worse, we are being told to buckle our seatbelts, and settle in, cause it's gonna be a long and bumpy ride.
So I guess I'm asking, if I can see this seemingly simple solutions, and can figure out things to get money directly into the hands of individuals, why have all these people with the friken knowledge of Moses, can't figure out some things to help, on the micro level where it's needed?
K'riq Sa, Son of the Third Base, Holder of the Sacred Somebreo of Holdfast, Heir to the Holy Smoke Rings of Betazed
People are losing their houses now, can't feed their families tonight, have no income of any sort coming in, and don't foresee anything coming in anytime soon. We may need to replenish our job market, one job at a time, but we can't because the banks are not giving any credit to small enterprises at this time. They were given all that bailout money to inject into the economy, only, by their own account, kept the cash in their own pockets, to insure their liquidity, just in case things go horribly wrong.
I see the Welfare system coming back online, in large part because there is nothing else. Why hasn't some of that money been channeled into that? Right now, I think they give you $100 in food stamps, and a check for $280 a month. Who, in God's name could, live off that, realistically? And I'm not talking the homeless now, I'm talking about someone like "YOU" and me. We have already been in limbo, by and large, for the last 4 months, and was held over a barrel, and forceably gang raped by the oil companies ($5 a gallon gas, remember that a few short months ago?), our government enties, giant corporations, our own banks, and anyone else have some vicarious access to our wallets. Let's not even talk about the ilk like Berney Madoff, and now a host of others that are beginning to come to light, who have literaly fleeced people, outright in front of the government watchdogs. We finally looking up from our Reality TV, to see that our own situations have become a lot more like a "End of Civilization" type movie, playing out in real life, right before our very eyes. Now, not only are things getting worse, we are being told to buckle our seatbelts, and settle in, cause it's gonna be a long and bumpy ride.
So I guess I'm asking, if I can see this seemingly simple solutions, and can figure out things to get money directly into the hands of individuals, why have all these people with the friken knowledge of Moses, can't figure out some things to help, on the micro level where it's needed?
K'riq Sa, Son of the Third Base, Holder of the Sacred Somebreo of Holdfast, Heir to the Holy Smoke Rings of Betazed
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. That'll help the economy.
