Stooges

Boy, would I just love to slap around a few people for the economic tailspin that has put in jeopardy the well-being of millions of Americans who had entrusted their life’s savings to their misguided judgments.

Benanke, Paulson and especially Greenspan are all dirty words on my 401(k) balance sheet. Ya, ya, they’re degreed but they’re more pedigreed assailants in financial dealings than what learned men of prestigious halls of education should be. You can bet they’re losses have affected their lives a lot less than the men and women put on the street from foreclosures. No, they can still eat high at restaurants on the top floor of a Manhattan building and afford whatever costs they incur from poor health conditions.

These three stooges are no better than any other millionaires of the Bush era of tax cuts for the wealthy. Unfortunately, President Obama will find it very difficult to end the tax-deferred status enjoyed by high-income earners; you don’t raise taxes in financially challenging times because it may further hinder the circulation of money to the economy when it’s so desperately needed. But it’s not very likely their expenditures will trickle down to the poor – it’ll circulate within the domain of other wealthy parties.

No, there’s no threat of me doing physical harm to anyone, but only because I have no desire to have a criminal record with jail time. They’re wouldn’t a bailout opportunity for me. But I sure would like to see them break down and cry for the mishandling of the billions of dollars swindled from hard working Americans. To hell with alligator tears - theirs’ would be from dry-eyed snakes. No apologies necessary, guys, because it just wouldn’t cut the cheesy losses of millions of taxpayers.

If Bernanke, Paulson and Greenspan are three stooges then Bush and Cheney are like Laurel and Hardy, respectively, but not respectfully suggested.