I felt it was high time for me to pay a call to our esteemed U.S. Senators to inquire about the recent financial melt down on Wall St. Since as a taxpayer I will be expected to step up and bail out a bunch of corrupted greed mongers I believe I deserve an explanation from those who got us into this unbelievable mess in the first place.
Dear Senator,
In the past two weeks I feel as if I have been hit by two devastating hurricanes. Many residents in the Houston and Galveston areas are still without power and most continue to struggle with Ike's aftermath. The nation's fourth largest city and its surrounding areas have taken a tremendous beating.
Just when we were beginning to think we could see the light at the end of Ike's tunnel we now find ourselves suddenly blindsided by another hurricane. This one did not sweep in from the Gulf. This unexpected monster came hurdling down from Wall St. and its aftermath could prove far more cataclysmic than Ike.
What is this business about a financial bailout using the taxpayer's money? It seems to me that a group of greedy and corrupted fat cats on Wall St., with the blessings of their supporters and cheerleaders in Congress, raped and pillaged the United States and now taxpayers are being asked to pay for the carnage. And we're supposed to turn over nearly $1 trillion and say "we trust you to clean up after yourselves."
Please.
See what Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine has to say about the Wall Street debacle.
(We have a chance to give Junior John his pink slip this November. Let's make the most of it. - promoted by boadicea)
Why? Because we deserve far better. It is as simple as that, folks. Our lives are a lot worse now than they were prior to 2000. Those who are better off today are those who reside in the upper 1-2% income brackets. Ninety-eight to ninety-nine percent of us have been left behind.
Tragically, too many of us have lost our lives or loved ones because of an unnecessary and immoral war. And far too many young women and men have been seriously maimed for life, thanks to poor planning and substandard military equipment in Iraq. And intolerably, when our soldiers return home, the Bush Administration has routinely turned its back on veterans who need care. True to Republican form, John Cornyn voted against the recent Veterans' Benefits bill.
Shame on John Cornyn.
Some of us have lost our homes thanks to an unregulated banking industry filled with greedy and free-for-all sharks. Far too many Americans have lost jobs thanks to unfettered outsourcing and unforgivably, too many died unnecessarily during Hurricane Katrina thanks to FEMA mismanagement and deliberate and cynical Republican ineptitude. 42% of Americans are now uninsured. Texas boasts the highest number of uninsured residents and yet Senator John Cornyn voted against the SCHIP Bill that would have eased the burdened for economically disadvantaged children here.
(Yeah. Why is Coynyn against investigating pofiteering? - promoted by krazypuppy)
In his diary today, Kos did an excellent job in reporting the totally heartless and despicable statements of Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo on sending more aid to New Orleans and its citizens following the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.
As heartless as Tancredo's statements were in support of his position, I can't see how Sen. John Cornyn isn't seen as every bit as heartless, if not more so, than Tancredo.
In Cornyn's case, he's tried to present a public case of caring when he hasn't been on the Senate floor, but when he's had the opportunity to vote on Katrina belief, Cornyn has been a consistent "Dr. No."
More below.
