the bailout

The election is over--what a relief! George Bush is on his way out and maybe now something will change for the better. Maybe corporations will cease to be in charge of Americans and Americans can gain back their power to decide what happens in this country. It amazes me that in most other democratic countries, the citizens and government make decisions about what is best and the corporations have to modify their business to support those decisions. Not here....making money is more important that poisoning or killing our citizens.
I still am not sure how Americans can reconcile a failing economy--that is based on consumers buying and consuming crap, dumping it, and then buying and consuming more crap--with our needs for improving our environment and educating our children. A better world is not to be had by fixing an economy that is so broken it's not worth fixing. We need to base our means of generating income on something other than consumer crap--it's a losing proposition. But as long as Walmart and General Motors are running the country, corporations will continue to push products to consumers like drugs. Don't we all feel so much better after spending all our income on shitty stuff and filling our houses so full that we can't move?
The 700 billion dollar bailout really pisses me off. We should have just said enough already of this and let it all fail...then we could rebuild something better. Instead the money will be gifted to corporations who already don't have the people's best interests in mind. Why would the government think the corporations and banks would do anything but serve their own interests--it's what they've always done.
We're not bailing out our economy or the American people...the only ones being bailed out are corporations and maybe a few rich owners. Do they really deserve it? Do people that have lived beyond their means, showed off, thought themselves better than the average citizen really deserve to be bailed out?
The old boys network is lining its own pockets once again.
Hopefully gentleman, the cash will be confiscated soon.