A Sigh

I've been perusing the news headlines as I normally do and there seems to be this odd focus on the economy. Curious, isn't it? Most of the headlines have to do with telling Congress to intervene and 'save us...for us.' It's frustrating -and hilarious to a point- to watch the esteemed United States Federal Government flop around like a blind fish out of water in its attempts to 'fix' the economy. Seriously, look at the numbers:

-Economic Stimulus Package, $152billion - FLOP
-Bailout Package, $700billion and $100billion and $200+billion - FLAIL
-Antiquated Detroit Car Manufacturers Life Support Package, $25billion now, more in the future -will FLOP
-Bearing witness to an inept Congress, priceless.

Here are the numbers: Congress wants to give $25,000,000,000.00 to GM, Ford, and Chrysler. If we take into account that kind of money, in light of the total American employment of the 'U.S. automakers,' just how little business sense do we have?

According to this article, the total number employed by the 'Big 3' is 255,109 domestically. In light of this number, we could give $97,997.33 to each and every employee of these companies that will squander the same money on the wasteful corporate practices that have put them in this position in the first place!

The Democratic Party is the party of corporate-union welfare. Bottom line. Why? You have to have unions (especially the MiUAW) to keep the Democratic party funded, to have unions you have to have unionized corporations, and to have unionized corporations the majority party has to have its head where the sun doesn't shine or wedged in some bong in a back alley of D.C.

It's not up to anyone in particular to 'solve' this. It's up to the factory worker, the churchgoer, your waitress, me, and you to 'fix' this. It is absolutely necessary for We the People to win in 2010 and 2012: We must start addressing our problems through the lens of liberty and not totalitarian control. For now, however, it's time to end the Long Goodbye and pull the plug on the long-dead Big 3.