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“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
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Jimmy,
I would say the RTC would be a bad example to benchmark. While it pales in comparison in scope to todays problem it is exactly what we wouldn’t want to see again. Ask John McCain about the RTC.
I don’t know. I’ve just been overidden(again,,,) and when I saw that self congratulatory group of Senators immediately after the vote I heard that silver haired Geico lizard- Chris Dodd, giving himself and Barney the Frank BZs… I “feel” dread.
I do understand the math you present however the will to actually collect those funds from their constituents seems highly unlikely for any politician, especially if we are unfortunate enough to suffer under a taxing Obama administration and Democratic congress. Goverment making $$ is alien to me….
It’s done though. I truly hope you’re right.
b2
b2,
May God have mercy on us all.