Thursday, July 10, 2008

"Let them eat cake"

Declining value of your house got ya down? Got a foreclosure notice? A layoff notice? Have to go to the food pantry to make ends meet every month? Can't get health insurance because of a pre-existing condition, or bankrupted by a lengthy illness? Well, Phil Gramm, John McInsane's equally insane economic advisor, has a word for you: Quit whining. It's all in your head, Dr. Phil says from the security of his $500,000 a year consultancy.

I swear, all Republican pronouncements on the economy need to be accompanied by that warning sign to the right. Because they're all predicated on sticking your head in the sand and ignoring the clear reality that too many everyday Americans are living. In the end, they all boil down to, "Let them eat cake". The rich are doing well, after all. The little people? Well, who cares about the little people? I swear, their favorite toy growing up must have been the Marie Antoinette Barbie...

-- Badtux the Snarky Penguin

5 comments:

  1. 500 K (plus) a year , no gas or food prices to be concerned with . Lifetime health care of the like I will never see . Yea , and I'm whinning ? Things have always been hard for working people , nowadays it's so hard it's almost silly , trying to get by . Wish I could still laugh about it . Whining , yea .
    w3ski

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  2. Badtux! You are a staunch defender of the reputations of flightless birds, are you not? Therefore, I must call you on your canard (bilingual pun intended) against the ostrich. No bird would be stupid enough to bury its head in the sand in the face of oncoming danger. Only a human would do that!

    In the future, the only flightless birds you should malign are Kiwis.

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  3. And FWIW, even a hard-core Ron Paulist economics geek is crawling right Gramm's arse for his stupid statements. I disagree with this Mish guy's politics (although he has come to the Obama camp because he knows McInsane will be a disaster) but he's ahead of the curve when it comes to the economic collapse of the USA.

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  4. "...their favorite toy growing up must have been the Marie Antoinette Barbie..."

    That's genius - wish I had thought of it!

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  5. Better yet, the Marie Antoinette Talking Barbie. Pull the string and it gives you any number of interesting statements, like: Let them eat cake. Or The peasants are revolting. Or Quit your whining, peasant. Or It is only right that royalty live better than the peasantry. Imagine the many hours of pleasure for the young Republicans on your gift list, as they re-create the French Revolution except that this time the royals win!

    -- Badtux the Snarky Penguin

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