Kevin Connolly's take on America

[Undertoad]

An aversion to paying taxes and an addiction to public and private debt do not add up, and American voters may well be left to conclude that they have awarded themselves a lifestyle that they can not really afford.

The expression for this is "whistling past the graveyard". Dear Europe: we regret to inform you that endless criticism of the US will not actually help your financial crisis in any way. It turns out that having no aversion to paying taxes does not really lead to financial security. It's not working out for you, are we the first to point this out?

In fact a portion of the Ireland bailout money comes from the IMF, which means US taxpayers and capital is now heavily involved helping you get your sorry asses back into a responsible debt position.

[xoxoxoBruce]

It didn't work for them because their bankers/governments were lured by the promise of big returns and no risk, by the cocksuckers on wall street.

Wait, I apologize for the unintentional slight to cocksuckers.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

It didn't work for them because their bankers/governments were lured by the promise of big returns and no risk, by the cocksuckers on wall street.

Wait, I apologize for the unintentional slight to cocksuckers.

I do believe they have their own wall street. Oh, that and Irelands promise to have their government back every loan 100% may have contributed to that countries own woes.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Their wall street, was buying derivatives from our wall street... dumb fucks.

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

The expression for this is "whistling past the graveyard". Dear Europe: we regret to inform you that endless criticism of the US will not actually help your financial crisis in any way. It turns out that having no aversion to paying taxes does not really lead to financial security. It's not working out for you, are we the first to point this out?

In fact a portion of the Ireland bailout money comes from the IMF, which means US taxpayers and capital is now heavily involved helping you get your sorry asses back into a responsible debt position.

i know, right? they can get so sniffy about everything. Yikes! Who was that curmudgeon who wrote for the op/ed pieces...some London guy...really HATES us...Gywnne Dyer. That's the guy.

funny - the local paper doesn't carry him anymore. Wonder if that's because Bush is no longer in????