Friday, September 19, 2008

Cry, Pepe, cry

5 comments:

Tecumseh said...

John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, avoided potential losses. Because of the Arizona senator's run for the White House, his wife, Cindy, last year liquidated a blind trust that had contained stock in AIG, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Lehman. Mac ain't so stooopid, after all.

Tecumseh said...

More: We could easily add up to an additional trillion to the outstanding Treasury debt just from the initiatives announced over the past couple of weeks.

So who's gonna pay for all this? Let's raise taxes, says Pepe. And raise another trillion or five to pay for Nanny State largesse. Sure, Pepe, sure: you go first.

Pepe le Pew said...

That's great - where else are they going to find incentives pass laws that protect investors from the folly of deregulation?

Tecumseh said...

I say, raise the taxes on Pepe. As Joe Biden rightly said, it's the patriotic thing to do. Pony up, Pepe.

Tecumseh said...

100 billion here, 100 billion there, and pretty soon it adds up to real money.