When I heard George W. Bush's latest weekly radio address, I wanted to throw up.
Of course, that's my usual reaction to our president's condescending-though-language-challenged propaganda, but I continually marvel at how stupid he apparently thinks we are.
This time, he once again talked up the tax rebates we'll be getting. $600 per person. $1200 per couple. This, he suggests, will send us all out shopping for new video game systems and large-screen TVs, and will save this country from the looming recession. It's the familiar old shopping cure. Like after 9/11. And during Katrina. Works every time. Or so he would have us believe.
And then he told us how he put on his red cape and saved American homeowners from foreclosure by championing a refinancing program. What would we do without his heroic efforts on behalf of lower-income Americans and the middle class?! (Note: Facetious rhetorical question.)
George W. Bush, as a failed businessman, drove a string of companies into the ground. And, for some reason, apparently the American electorate believed twice that he wouldn't do the same with this country. Go figure.
So now does anyone really believe that their forthcoming $600 check will save this nation from a recession?
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