Continuation of Greed

It’s been awhile since I posted a rant so I figure I should.     I have been watching the news, which is something that should be avoided, and noticed a common theme.    Greed seems to tie just about everything together.   To have something someone else has drives the world.    If it didn’t we would all just sit around and figure out ways to help each other without any care as to what the other person had.

With that said there is group of people popping up out of the wood work.    I call these the anti-people group.    They come up with ideas that helping the poor or doing something that would indirectly lead to jobs or houses for the poor is bad.    This group won’t directly say that.  They will say that it’s in appropriate to use other peoples money to help the poor.   So the poor should help themselfs instead of people with money helping them.    Interesing concept.   They would be even more opposed to it if people helped in the way of service other than money.    If doctors treated low income patients, or if banks let homeless familys stay in foreclosed homes.

It seems there is a small number of people who really get what this finacial crisis is about.    Its about greed.  Pretty simple.    You can try to tell me government shouldn’t step in and that people should be able to do what they want.   The reality is that it doesn’t work.     If you left a $20 dollar bill taped to a wall someone would steal it.   If you say business will do the moral thing, some business won’t.     If you get enough people doing it or cutting corners you end up with baseball players who do drugs,  bankers who cheat people out of money, and companies laying off for offshore resources.   Not to mention the fact we stand by and watch it happen to our neighbors.

So what do we do?   Where do we go?   We have hit the wild west of the finacial markets.     Back then they put law in place to prevent crimes.   People who stole horses got in trouble bad.    So stealing someones house isn’t a crime?   We need some tough laws to punish CEO’s who pray on the community for quick bucks.    We need to worry about what happens here in the USA.   Its a fact when the USA economy does well so does the world.    Lets get stable and move forward.

Let’s help our neighbors where we can.   I was touched by the person that let the homeless stay in a rental house for free until they get back on their feet.    On the flip side people who use the favors of other should not take advantage.  If you can work you should.    If you need help fine.

Let’s get america back on track.    I hear terms like socialism and nationalization to scare people.     It means people have homes, have jobs, and can live.     I have never heard it be mentioned that rich people will need to sell their jets or million dollar homes.     Scare tactics to keep rich people richer at the expense of the poor is stupid.