What could you do with 8.38 MILLION TONS of cash?

Posted Thursday, November 27, 2008, at 1:42 AM

Well, let's see what the Federal government is planning on doing with YOUR 8,377,425 TONS of cash (that's what $7.76 trillion weighs).

First, they're going to donate a huge chunk of it to those impoverished Wall Street bankers. Next they're going to donate some to the auto industry (the ones that had to fly the small private jets to their meeting with Congress). Then they're going to donate some more to those poor homeless Wall Street bankers (we know they need it badly...because they keep telling us they do). After that they'll most likely donate some to the distraught airlines (the ones that are now charging so much extra that one of them now has a commercial mocking the others). When all of these fatcats are taken care of, they're going to donate some of this money to us, the taxpayers. Isn't that nice? They're going to give us some of our own money back. Wait, that's not our money...that's the money of people that have yet to be born. Well that makes it better. No worries, I'm sure Washington will sort all of this out, they seem to be so organized.

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If you are interested in how well informed the people who condone all this are, read this.

Here are just some of the "highlights" of the Wilson Research Strategies poll of 1,000 voters whose demographic breakdown was an exact replica of the total voting population and whose results totally vindicate the controversial Zogby poll:

35 % of McCain voters got 10 or more of 13 multiple choice questions correct.

18% of Obama voters got 10 or more of 13 questions correct.

McCain voters knew which party controls congress by a 63-27 margin.

Obama voters got the "congressional control" question wrong by 43-41.

Those that got "congressional control" correct voted 56-43 for McCain.

Those that got "congressional control" wrong voted 65-35 for Obama.

Those "exposed" to FOX News got "congressional control" correct 64-25 (+39)

Those 'exposed" to CNN got "Congressional control" correct 48-38 (+10)

Those "exposed" to network news got "Congressional control" correct 48-39 (+9)

Those "exposed" to print media got "Congressional control" correct 52-37 (+15)

Those "exposed" to MSNBC got "Congressional control" correct 55-35 (+20)

Those "exposed" to talk radio got "Congressional control" correct 61-29 (+32)

Voters in the South had the best response rate on "Congressional control" (+22)

Voters in the Northeast had the worst response rate on "Congressional control" (+9)

Those "exposed" to FOX News voted 70-29 for McCain.

Those "exposed" to CNN voted 63-37 for Obama.

Those "exposed" to MSNBC voted 73-26 for Obama.

Those "exposed" to network newscasts voted 62-37 for Obama.

Those "exposed" to national newspapers voted 64-36 for Obama

Those "exposed" to talk radio voted 61-38 for McCain.

Those that could associate Bill Ayers' name/story with Obama voted 52-48 for McCain.

Those that knew Obama had made negative comments about "coal power plants" voted 76-24 for McCain.

Those that knew Obama had his opponents knocked off the ballot in his first campaign voted 66-34 for McCain.

McCain voters did poorly (only 42% correct) on the Keating question and, in general, the voters did universally worse on questions where the negative information was about their candidate.

Women under 55 did worse than they might have by guessing on four of the thirteen questions yet 95% of them knew that Palin was the candidate with a pregnant teenage daughter. -- Even 95% of those in this demographic group who didn't know "Congressional control" got this question correct.

Those "exposed" to MSNBC scored 90% correct on the three Palin questions (including an incredible 98% on the pregnant teenage daughter question), while those not exposed to MSNBC averaged 84% correct on those three questions.

-- Posted by cherokee2 on Wed, Dec 3, 2008, at 4:36 PM

I think its hilarious that we needed "CHANGE" because of all the spending Bush instituted. Which I agree was ridiculous, now "CHANGE" apparently means wanting to spend a gajillion dollars the first day in office. Thats gotta be some kind of record.

-- Posted by greasemonkey on Tue, Dec 2, 2008, at 6:55 PM

I'm not really big on welfare but, if we're doling out cash, I would much prefer that it go to people that are actually in need rather than a bunch of corporate yahoos that have run their businesses into the ground.

-- Posted by Thom on Mon, Dec 1, 2008, at 9:50 PM

we do not need to reward people for bad financial decisions, with more money.

Keep the money and use it for the elderly, disabled, and those who cannot work and care for themselves. The wounded soldiers and their families.

Feed the poor, take care of the lonely...

the elderly widow who cannot afford food after paying her medicare insurance.

that is where the money needs to go.

-- Posted by 4fabfelines on Sun, Nov 30, 2008, at 2:18 PM

You are exactly right!

-- Posted by jaxspike on Fri, Nov 28, 2008, at 12:50 AM