Just a wee thought. The
American taxpayer bailed out the American financial sector to the
tune of $700 billion, that's a lot of money. What can you do with
$700 billion. Well for starters, you could fund the two illegal wars
in Afghanistan and Iraq, well almost, the total cost so far, to the
American tax payers for these to brutal and inhumane wars is a
staggering $750 billion, so you would need some more taxpayers petty
cash. Or you could go a long way to sorting out the 850 million human
beings who are starving in this world. Perhaps we could fix the 2.6
billion people who lack sewage services. Then of course there are
those 800 million illiterate in the world, what would $700 billion do
for that problem? Then in a loving way, we could sort out the problem
of the 640 million children who lack adequate housing. The list could
go on and on, there is so much we can do in this world to alleviate
deprivation and suffering. If we add up the bail-outs across the
developed world and threw it at the problems facing the deprived,
what a wonderful change there would be, but no, we prefer to throw it
at the bankers and the bond market, to try to unsure that they don't
lose any of their billions that they have salted away. That's
democracy for you!!
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