A Little Politics

I have been following the Detroit Bail-Out talks with interest and just little amusement. The same Senators that didn't even bat an eye to the 770 billion dollar Wall Street Bail-Out with no assurances and no oversight now are worried about how the Detroit Three will use 15 billion dollars. These are the same people that brought us the biggest deficit ever and now they are preaching fiscal responsibility. Then there is the Car Czar. Whenever there is a problem that the congress can't legislate us out of they want a Czar, a Drug Czar, a Security Czar, an Education Czar and a Health Czar. It sounds good and may even look responsible on paper but what have these czars ever done. Do any of them have the tools they need to do the job. No, congress and the president always manage to strip them of any real power to deal with the problems.

There is also a class warfare element to this. The congress is made up of mostly rich people that have held their offices for 12-18 years and most held other federal or state elected office before they made it to the house or senate. They are white collar workers. Wall Street is made up of white collar workers which the congress moved very quickly to help. The Detroit Three are made up of mostly blue collar workers and congress which has not done an honest day's work in years doesn't understand or care what happens to these workers.

Then there is the governor of Illinois. It is hard to know if he is the nation's biggest crook or just a dumb, venial jackass. I think he is a combination of them all. I was listening to Sean Hannity and laughing myself sick as this wacko tries to spin this story into a giant conspiracy with Obama at the center. I will agree that if Obama is even at the periphery of this it will not be good for Obama but I can't believe he is stupid enough to have anything to do with that idiot. So Sean, just this word of advice, no matter how loud or often you say it this is not going to be the undoing or downfall of Obama.