Give me a break

The media drives me nuts. The economy is failing and all that matters is Hollywood antics on the big screen. Polls are taken that don't tell us anything, campaigns are "suspended", to help out when really, the help is just another ploy to boost ratings. The news stations continually talk about the bailout failing, and how the government is not serving the people. Don't they know it won't work? Two hundred economists from our best universities probably have a better grip on economics than the politicians, yes?

Does anyone wonder where the 700 number came from? Is it possible to put a number on the problem here? Does anyone really understand the problem here? Even those 200 economists, could they put on a number on the amount "needed"? I doubt it. The number was made up, it had no real meaning at all. Then again, our country is so deeply in debt, even if the number was real, the money would not be. The government is wildly in debt, where are they going to come up with another $700 Billion dollars? They're not.

Why not listen to the masses? Why not give the money to the taxpayers? Why not create jobs by spending it on alternative energy? There are lots of better ways to spend the money. Why not do it?

Why? I'll tell you why. It is the government. The government is not out to solve problems, they create problems. Job security. Smoke and mirrors. I knew a business man once, in confidence an acquaintance of his told me: "Watch out for [business man]. He creates a circus for you to watch over here, while he sneaks around and stabs you in the back". Quite unprofessional and cruel I thought at the time, but it saved me, because it was true. That describes what is going on in the government right now. They have created a circus for us to watch so they can stab us in the back.