Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Those Poor Yanks
You know who I feel most sorry for in this whole global financial crisis business?
The average American middle class taxpayers.
It's bad enough they are always on the hook for defence spending, some of which is of course loony but much of which (like the NORAD defence grid) is valid but not cost-shared fairly by the other countries who benefit from it.
Now, we've got the whole world economy allegedly on the brink and once again the Yanks are going to end up holding the bag on it.
Yes, yes, Bush is an idiot, Wal-Mart is a blight on the modern urban landscape, Hollywood is mostly tripe and there's all sorts of other American companies up to shenanigans here and there.
But obviously the average American on the street isn't evil and nefarious. They're just regular folks - paying their mortgages, eying a new TV, saving up for vacation. Yet they're always the ones whose pockets get picked whenever there's trouble in the world. Doesn't seem fair somehow.
It would be nice at least if someone took the bother to thank them once in awhile. So...
Thanks, Yanks. You're good neighbours and allies, no matter what people say about you.
posted by Mentok @ 3:45 p.m.,
1 Comments:
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At 12:38 p.m.,
Rick said...
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Good use of the word nefarious. One of my favorites!
