Karen, great point. I’m amazed also at how even some libertarian friends get fuming mad about the bonuses “Wall Street” is paying “while we are bailing them out”. They are playing into the state’s ploy–the state is demonizing Wall Street and capitalism (no offense, vandarchists) while throwing cash at them. They appease the taxpaying victims by threatening to limit the executives’ pay. Moronic taxvictims shout, “yayy!” while they are being gigged. Meanwhile the underlying bailout costs about a billion times more than the “fat cats’” salaries. This is similar to how they get the rubes worked up about “the Arab … Continue reading Re: Those Private Jets