9.24.2008

I think they call it "starving the beast"


Barack Obama made clear today exactly what is at stake if Congress approves the Administration's proposed bailout of Wall Street without asking that those responsible for the financial mess pay for it: Every proposal for universal health care, transforming our energy system, helping people pay for college, and so on may go down the tubes, compliments of Republican fiscal and financial mismanagement.

[From Firedoglake » Obama: The Bailout Just Ate Universal Health Care, Energy Policy, College . . . ]

And, you know, maybe thee and me too before it's over.



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