Comment Re:Great Depression? (Score 1) 873
That statement is so absurdly incorrect I don't know how to refute it. The ONLY people government has helped in the last decade are the ultra-rich
Now THAT statement is so absurdly incorrect that somebody has to refute it.
If you are serious, then we can start here: http://useconomy.about.com/od/fy2008budget/p/2008_Mandatory.htm
But this is Slashdot, I know, no one really wants to be edjumucated outside his own prejudices and premisconceptions.
Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Food Stamps, Unemployment, Pell Grants, Section 8 housing, earned income tax credit, all federal income tax burdens borne by the top 50% (yawn) ALL this is going to the ULTRA RICH? Really? Really really?
Sigh. Honestly, I love you geeks and get a real kick from reading of your Dibertesque foibles, your WoW gold farming stories, and your pithy references to outdated programming languages, but sometimes... I just want scream. There, I feel better now.
Wait a minute. Maybe you were just being facetious and I just wasted 3 minutes.
Damned Internet. Always wasting my time when I could be happily drinking alone.
