Grand Theft Taxpayer  Email Print   government’s top economic
experts warn that, without immediate action by Congress, America
could slip into a financial panic and a distressing scenario
would unfold. More banks could fail, including some in your
community. The stock market would drop The value of your home
could plummet. Foreclosures would rise it harder and more
expensive to get credit. More businesses would close their
doors, and millions of Americans could lose their and painful
recession."  President George W. Bush, September 24, 2008  whole
aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed
endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."  H.L.
Mencken  urge to compare the current financial crisis to the
Great Depression has proven irresistible. Pundits, economists
and investment gurus have all invoked its specter. However, this
time in a bit of role reversal it is Uncle Sam with the tin cup
in hand asking taxpayers, "Buddy can you lend me…700 billion?"
Actually, Uncle Sam does not want you