*Note: do not read this unless you want to hear a lot of griping, I mean a lot.

In the last two weeks we have seen the most handouts ever given to a bunch of private investors in our country to make up for the investors’ mistakes.

(Gripe time)

This is a bunch of BS! If you and I make a bad investment mistake, no one is going to cover our losses. But the idiots in charge of our country throw out crazy statements like: “The investors are too big to fail” or “We have to protect the market.” Then they turn around and do the worst thing possible, BAIL THESE COMPANIES OUT!

I am going to go and bash my head against the wall for a minute. Be right back.

Whew, now I feel a little better. All of these bailouts are done with our (taxpayers’) money. This might be ok if there was any say in the matter, but there isn’t. I can’t go to a town hall meeting and state my position, nor can I write my representative or senator and gripe to them. In the end, there is no oversight on how the government chooses to spend OUR money.

During the last two weeks we have seen approximately $400,000,000,000 (Yes, 400 BILLION) used to bail out the banks, insurance companies and investment firms, including adding liquidity to the market (meaning: giving these same people cheap, cheap money, the same cheap money that got us into this mess to begin with). This means every man, woman and child in the United States is now $1,333 more in debt in addition to the $88,000+ that each family is in debt already. Who gave the government the right to decide what to do with my money and my future?

In reality, the government has no money to loan to these companies, so instead the government borrows money from the PRIVATE federal reserve (it is neither federal nor does it have reserves) at interest and bails out the investors with that money. This means our income tax and debt burden just increased because a small group of people made some very bad investment decisions. Am I the only one going crazy here?

Next time you are paying $4.00+ per gallon of gas or milk you can thank our own government for the mess. Regardless of what anyone says or who they blame it on, it is our own fault for electing people into office who don’t care about any of us.

Now that is over. Here are some videos people might find interesting.

Dollar Collapse -- Peter Schiff -- Freddie And Fannie Socialist Bailout = Hyperinflation

Listen to Peter Schiff the voice of reason.

History of the federal reserve

Money, Banking and the federal reserve

85 Billion Bail Out for AIG

AIG Bail Out: Another After-Hours Party as the Fed