From Ron Paul on LewRockwell.com:
... The government is using the usual scare tactics to strong-arm the people into going along with more spending. Remember the rhetoric surrounding the big bailout of October 2008? We were told, not that this would be calamitous for the banks, but for the people, who would continue to experience massive job losses and foreclosures. We were told the economy would sink into a deep recession if this money was not handed out to too-big-to-fail corporate cronies.
So after much hand-wringing, leaders from both parties – against unprecedented public outcry – agreed to shower money on the banks and increase the debt. The banks learned nothing, except that Washington will come to their rescue, no matter what. The people, however, continued to lose their jobs and houses anyway. And here we are, still in a deep recession.
When you read the above example, your first reaction might have been to...
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