[Rhodes22-list] TINSTAAFL

[Robert Skinner]

Point made.  Shame on all of them, R, D, or I!
/Robert

Brad Haslett wrote:
> Robert,
> 
> It would be easier to believe that we truly have a crisis if our
> legislators would act like we truly have a crisis.  Here's a list of
> "favors" that some are trying to tack on the Senate bill that is
> currently being voted on as we speak -
> 
> New Tax earmarks in Bailout bill
> - Film and Television Productions (Sec. 502)
> - Wooden Arrows designed for use by children (Sec. 503)
> - 6 page package of earmarks for litigants in the 1989 Exxon Valdez
> incident, Alaska (Sec. 504)
> 
> Tax earmark "extenders" in the bailout bill.
> - Virgin Island and Puerto Rican Rum (Section 308)
> - American Samoa (Sec. 309)
> - Mine Rescue Teams (Sec. 310)
> - Mine Safety Equipment (Sec. 311)
> - Domestic Production Activities in Puerto Rico (Sec. 312)
> - Indian Tribes (Sec. 314, 315)
> - Railroads (Sec. 316)
> - Auto Racing Tracks (317)
> - District of Columbia  (Sec. 322)
> - Wool Research (Sec. 325)
> 
> Maybe the rum issue IS important, I'll let Rummy handle that one.
> 
> Brad
> 
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Robert Skinner <Robert at squirrelhaven.com> wrote:
>> I must admit that I will not be satisfied with any
>> solution that does not severely penalize those who
>> sat on top of this pile of paper with their golden
>> parachutes.  The very existence of the parachutes
>> is evidence that they had no confidence that the
>> market would survive their mismanagement.
>>
>> And I know that I have a lot of company in that
>> sentiment.
>>
>> Those of us who believe in good pay for good work
>> are bent beyond tolerance by the obvious disregard
>> for merit in determining executive pay at the top.
>> A double standard if I ever saw one, the antithesis
>> of the classless society we flaunt to the rest of
>> the world.
>>
>> I smell revolution - bloodless, I hope, but
>> nevertheless with sharp teeth and a great hunger
>> for revenge.
>>
>> As the French once said, heads will roll.  And
>> the first will be those of the legislators who do
>> not enact appropriate penalties and limitations
>> during the process of rebuilding our financial
>> structure.
>>
>> There should be no free ride for either the
>> lenders who made ill-advised loans, or the fools
>> who took the money and mis-spent it.
>>
>> /Robert
>>
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