The “Bailout Culture” is what Conservatives like Michelle Malkin call it. “If they didn’t want to live on the street, they should have made better decisions,” they say. This sort of reminds me of the over-simplistic folks who say, “If you don’t like the USA then LEAVE!”
Sure, in the USA we have a dearth of personal responsibility. One thing the ultra-right-wing seems to be unable to grasp is the notion of circumstance and compassion. What do I mean by circumstance? Consider the foreclosure “problem.” The foreclosure issue has been exaggerated so that it can be used as an issue by Democrat and RINO fascists (who else is running?), but I digress. We have two types of victims of the foreclosure “problem:” (1) those who lost their shirts by unrestrained speculation in the real estate market. Many of the foreclosures are not on primary residences and therefore should be considered in a different light from (2) those who were merely trying to secure a place to live.
You know and I know that the government is not concerned about the poor and the lower middle class. Our government has become little more than an agent to make sure the wealthy don’t become poor through their unfortunate business activities. Consider Bear Stearnes, the airlines, the Savings and Loans, etc. where only the wealthy were saved through government bailouts. That is exactly what is going on now. The government is concerned about the super-wealthy who might take some losses through the foreclosure “problem,” and thus is willing to assist them, but there is no genuine interest in the few people who have become homeless as a result.
To those who overextended themselves through poor business practices (the same ones who will get government bailouts), I say “Tough.” They are wealthy and they have taken risks and they have lost. Too bad. Most of them are still wealthy and they will be able to recover in due time.
To those who perhaps made a bad decision in trying to find a place to live, I think they should warrant some assistance. Take some of these wealthy pseudo-conservatives and give them a $20,000 salary and limited choices in housing and they probably would see my point. These are wealthy elitists who look down their long noses at people, judging them, in situations where they themselves have never been and have no capacity to understand. The truth is that some people truly have become victims of circumstance and should warrant some compassion from the high-lifers like Malkin, Hannity, Limbaugh, Coulter, et al.
As I say this, I am not necessarily promoting any intervention by the Federal Government. I merely suggest that the ultra-right has a lack of compassion on those who are suffering from circumstance and has way too much compassion for their wealthy comrades who may have lost a buck or two in the situation.
Read Malkin’s high and mighty criticism of the oppressed HERE.
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