Riddle me this you financially gifted types

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Let the people decide what to do. Why bailout companies that have proven they cannot be made profitable?

And why bailout people who have proven that they cannot be made responsible? Sure, there are a handful of people out there who are responsible with their lives, and even rise and fall with the understanding that they make their lives.

Also, I never said it was perfect, what I said was, why toss good money after bad? Why not give it to the people who will lose homes and jobs and their very lives and then let THEM be responsible for themselves?

But they weren't responsible for themselves if they're in those situations. You're just throwing bad money at more bad either way. The only difference that I see is that giving money to those irresponsible people is more personal, and therefore is the "lesser of two evils."

Would you rather stay in the same downward spiral or give EVERYONE the same opportunity, start EVERYONE at the same spot, and let THEM decide what's going to happen.

And that's the beauty of this country and the principles it was built upon. We RISE and FALL on our own merit, on our own hard work. If you "spread the wealth around" why would we want to work harder? Why would we want to be millionaires? Why would we care if our kids went to college?

If no one was in fear of losing all they have, what would they do? Maybe help others less fortunate? Maybe take a chance on being happy? Maybe just hole up and watch the world go by.

You obviously don't understand the human state of mind. Human beings are greedy. Human beings don't care. Perhaps one or two humans might care, but humans as a whole don't give a poop.

If Americans had no debt, what would we be capable of? If we didn't sweat it out day after day making money to pay interest on loans, what could happen?

Americans would be capable of sloth. We would forget everything we fought for. We would watch the foundation of our very existence crumble beneath us.

Sure, some dopes would blow it all. Where would they blow it? They'd be buying things. Who would be selling those things? Where would those things being sold come from?

They'd be coming from China, Kenya, Malaysia. -Smiles.- That's where they'd be coming from.

Suppose, and I know this is far fetched, some people who actually cared about others and this very globe upon which we live, did something helpful for NO GOOD REASON. Suppose that instead of seeking ever more profit it became fashionable to seek good for all of us. Suppose prices didn't skyrocket just because everyone had money. Suppose people got smart and realized that this was a one time leveling of the field and that if they blew it, there was no second chance?

Contrary to what you might believe, most people like how we live. Most people want to work hard for what they've earned. Most people want to rise by the sweat of their brow. Not everyone wants this to be an even ground. It defeats the beauty of capitalism.

I suppose I am just, as ever, a dreamer.

But what if it worked....

It wouldn't.