Any sympathy I might have had for Wall Street evaporated when my tax dollars were used to bail out failed banks. Wall Street is as elitist as any liberal: they want to keep the profits they make when times are good but they feel entitled to government bailouts when things go bad. Privatized gains and socialized losses are what got us into this mess in the first place. You can’t have it both ways, folks. I have a similar contempt for corporate CEOs who get “golden parachute” benefit packages while their companies file for bankruptcy; a captain should go down with his ship.
Personally, I favor a return to capitalism dominated by small, family-owned businesses. That’s the kind of economy that made America great and I believe that’s the kind of economy we need to restore our country to its former prestige. I only hope it’s not too late.
Exactly. Wall street deserves to be bulldozed.
I’ve long said that Big Business is no less dangerous than Big Government when it comes to its threat to the founding principles of this nation.