Ted Rall for October 26, 2011
Transcript:
For 3 long years, Barack Obama has lost sleep over the fact that tens of millions of Americans are out of work. (Man: Another lousy putt?) (Barack Obama: Damned insomnia- I'm 15 over par.) The president finally announces his plan. (Barack Obama: The only thing I'm really good at is fundraising. I'm going to fundraise for the poor and homeless and unemployed!) At first, it's a tough sell. (Man 2: Why should I give 100 grand to a random wino in Ohio?) (Barack Obama: Someday that wino might sober up and go someplace. Then you'll have access.) Like campaign fundraising, fund-raising for the poor never ends. (Woman: You were too successful. Now the rich are poorer than the poor!) (Barack Obama: Fire up air force one!)
The bail-out would have worked better if he had given every individual $100,000 and let us pay off all our debts. So the banks would have gotten the money anyway, but then people would own their homes instead of being homeless and jobless.