Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

Common Sense

I was disappointed by the bailout. We are capitalists after all. I read the first reports on the disbursement of the funds had critical information redacted. So much for oversight. Wall Street managed us into this situation with their unbridled greed, now my kids get the bill. The Feds abdicated their roll as regulators. Both parties are to blame. They are controlled by corporate money needed for re-election. Things need to change. We need a new sense of patriotism in this country. We need to be sure that our actions, and corporate actions in pursuit of the almighty buck contribute to the common good. Profits have a price.

By Pick Dem

Don't even blame wall street

Was wall street and their greed a contributing factor, yes without a doubt.

But this was caused by the total lack of personal accountability. If Joe the Plumber (couldn't resist) who makes $40k a year didn't go to the bank and ''had'' to buy a house that was 5x more than what he could afford to keep up with the Jones's then we wouldn't be in this situation no matter how greedy Wall Street was.

The Great American consumer and total abscense of responsibility is what caused this mess.

Golden Rule

He who had the gold made the rules.

The financial institutions were eager to make those ''bad'' loans.

Therefore, I am annoyed that my tax dollars are being used to ''bailout'' those that should have known better.



By Fractured Fairy Tale

Which is why.....

The Democratic Congress is going to look into Fannie May & Freddie Mac AFTER the election. Obama & the democratic congress supported the lending to folks that can't afford houses & now want to lay all the blame on Bush.

Hello - a Democratic Congress could have done just about what it wants - and guys - it did. They wanted all those ''under paid'' Americans to have a house whether they could afford it or not - now it's our job to suck it up & pay their mortgages.

Stay tuned for Phase 1 of let's redistribute your wealth. What's going on in the City is Chump change. Just wait until the Dem's get ahold of the White House.

I am sure all the soldiers that are overseas will be thrilled when Congress once again votes to cut funding - maybe they will give them a box of paper clips to defend themselves with !!

I read something recently that was amazing.

This is a different war than what our fathers were in....America is NOT at war, America is at the mall & the military is at war. America is at the movies. We do NOT understand what sacrifice is and have turned into the biggest group of whiners around.