Comments on: Emptying US

By: Nihil

Nihil — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:43:51 +0000

Keynesian Economics, nuff said

By: Harpuia

Harpuia — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:11:58 +0000

You mean I shouldn’t dig my new secret underground lair in your lawn?

By: Bucky O'Hare

Bucky O'Hare — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:54:51 +0000

Anyone see the problem with bashing the republicans for this vote when they were the ones who tried to hold it up? The democrats were the ones who supported this plan more heavily.

By: kevinqzo

kevinqzo — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:41:48 +0000

Ok….

So where’s all the comics making fun of Obama?

Is he exempt from being an idot like every other politician in the world?

By: Stevie W

Stevie W — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:58:53 +0000

Someone said something like, “The last action of any elected government is to empty the treasury.”

So if that’s true, the end of the United States is near.
Have a nice day.

By: TheLarrikin

TheLarrikin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:00:46 +0000

We also saw a number of increases in minimum wage, which directly affect unemployment (i.e. make it go UP).

By: SaNdCrAwLeR

SaNdCrAwLeR — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:09:25 +0000

just one lil thing…
what treasury? you guys actually got money?

why not spending it to pay off the US debt?

By: eddiepescetti

eddiepescetti — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:56:56 +0000

True, but at least they couldn’t cause anymore damage. It’s like getting rid of that old car sitting your backyard. It may run, but it’s well beyond it’s time.

By: ..........................

.......................... — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:49:27 +0000

DeathWyrmNexus, do u haz a life?

By: PortlandMark

PortlandMark — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:18:02 +0000

You are correct sir! It was rape kits she charged for.

By: ema

ema — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:53:12 +0000

Save a spot for me!!

By: James

James — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:41:47 +0000

Yes!!! A tax brake made bankers give loans to people with bad credit, made people take to much in loans, and made investors buy and sell bad mortgage security’s…

By: James

James — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:28:08 +0000

form two lines and make them run down the middle..

By: James

James — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:22:10 +0000

If they’d just let it happen, let the company’s fail, it will hurt in the short term but in the long term we,d be better off. But they cant do that, its an election year…

By: ryszard

ryszard — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:08:02 +0000

No worries, mate! We’ll just print more . . .

By: ryszard

ryszard — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:06:38 +0000

You’re from Georgia, too? (I’m in Marietta.)

By: ryszard

ryszard — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:00:52 +0000

Typical lib lie.

By: PiMan

PiMan — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:38:20 +0000

Pay later! Pay later!

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:27:16 +0000

No, Israel does.

By: KillerRabbit

KillerRabbit — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:52:42 +0000

I thought China already owned Congress !

By: Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:24:37 +0000

Based on how cash rich China is ATM, they’ll probably shrug and remember the Opium war…

By: scum-bot

scum-bot — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:17:54 +0000

they want to see if they can cash in the dust they find

By: minerva146

minerva146 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:50:56 +0000

My Congressman is a Bush dog and usually doesn’t represent my interests either, but I try my best.

By: minerva146

minerva146 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:49:04 +0000

lol

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:30:23 +0000

DOH!!!

By: herb

herb — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:28:43 +0000

Careful. Palin charges for those.

By: n8

n8 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:33:51 +0000

I sent an e-mail to Frank Wolf telling him not to vote for the bail-out the first time, but predictably he didn’t listen. Just one more reason why I won’t be checking the box next to his name.

By: n8

n8 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:31:59 +0000

Heh, nope. I have no interest in other people’s children, beyond keeping them the hell off my lawn!

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:20:24 +0000

I plan to steal the club provided and use it to beat a bread line goer later. Then I get to give twice the beatings and still get bread.

By: cmw08

cmw08 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:10:50 +0000

MMMMM…baking securities….yummy.

By: ice_army

ice_army — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:03:21 +0000

I don’t think we’d get much for them.=(

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:52:11 +0000

Emptying treasury? That seems to insinuate that we had money in there to begin with. We don’t have a balanced budget, and our balance from previous years add up to over $10 trillion. We don’t have ANY money.

By: Khaaaaaaan

Khaaaaaaan — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:30:04 +0000

POTD

By: minerva146

minerva146 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:22:47 +0000

Seeing as almost everybody, from both sides of the proverbial fence seem to agree, have we all contacted our congressperson’s office directly? Click my name for a link to finding out your rep. I try to let mine know how I feel on issues. I know it doesn’t seem to do much good a lot of the time, but the reason the “blank check” initial bill failed was in large part to the overwhelming response the Congress got from the constituency. If enough people keep on them, they have to listen sometimes. Writing them an email is as easy as posting here. You can find your two senators at the senate.gov site in case you need also.

By: Phaelin

Phaelin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:01:38 +0000

Amen to that! I’ve been keeping up with everyone that voted yea. If they’re up for reelection, they won’t be getting my vote. Fellow Georgian, I like you.

By: Fire Saxby Chambliss

Fire Saxby Chambliss — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:59:57 +0000

Saxby Chambliss voted for it. We’re working hard in Georgia to fire him.

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:59:12 +0000

Great, now I am a pissing tree for political dogs. Can I be excused? I will get a doctor’s note. I don’t want to play this game anymore. T_T

By: Silverfish

Silverfish — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:54:08 +0000

Oh, and I know how complicated and difficult this would be. I know it would be hard afterward, but wouldn’t it be totally worth it at this point.

By: Silverfish

Silverfish — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:52:49 +0000

Here is my idea. Hold a functional revolution where in we have a public hanging for half of congress. The rest are sent to work at gunpoint.

We have the right to press the reset button…for those of you who forget that.

By: Phaelin

Phaelin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:42:57 +0000

Whoever said Nay – you are my heroes. Same goes for those against the bail-out plan. I’m keeping up with which Georgia congressmen voted for it – and I pray they’re up for reelection. >:O

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:42:03 +0000

I think I will have to make due with a morning after pill. Yes, I realize I’m a guy but I don’t trust their species and parasitic ways…

By: herb

herb — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:37:46 +0000

One of the very few times I got away with swearing in front of my grandmother without getting The Look was when I shouted at the TV “These bastards piss down my leg and calling it ‘trickle-down economics’!”

She pursed her lips, thought about it a moment, then said with a smirk that it was very accurate description of the policy.

By: herb

herb — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:33:31 +0000

I’d settle for lube and a reach-around at this point.

By: Lolnathan

Lolnathan — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:30:57 +0000

Woops I was over in the other line… the bread line.

By: ema

ema — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:24:17 +0000

Line forms to the left.

By: Phaelin

Phaelin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:15:53 +0000

Trickle-down also failed to stop the Great Depression. Hrm, indeed.

By: minerva146

minerva146 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:11:19 +0000

Indeed. If trickle-down worked, there should have, in theory, been much new job creation under the Bush fiscal policy with his tax breaks, etc. Instead we have the highest unemployment we’ve seen in a very long time, jobs going overseas, and the baking/securities crisis we now are facing.

By: minerva146

minerva146 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:06:48 +0000

yep. That’s why securities markets globally are faltering. House of cards.

By: minerva146

minerva146 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:05:07 +0000

I meant “ours” as those of our nation, but ok then…

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:57:52 +0000

Only if we get to beat them…