This Is A Rudderless Ship

"This is a rudderless ship.  The pilot just ejected and we're all still on the plane.  It's 'Lord of the Flies' down here."  – Jon Stewart

Instead of crafting a piece of legislation that would address the needs of banks to raise capital with taxpayers as investors, the 450 page Senate bill now includes such pressing items as:

ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION FOR BUSINESS PROPERTY ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS.

INCREASE IN LIMIT ON COVER OVER OF RUM EXCISE TAX TO PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS;

SEVEN-YEAR COST RECOVERY PERIOD FOR MOTORSPORTS RACING TRACK FACILITY;

RAILROAD TRACK MAINTENANCE;

EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF DUTY SUSPENSION ON WOOL PRODUCTS

Instead of creating an entity that could buy troubled mortgages while still ensuring that the government will recover the taxpayers money, the Senate created the "Wool Research Fund." (Page 295)  

The system is broken. 

The market is speaking this morning after the Dow opened down 150 points upon the passage of the Senate bill.  I believe the passage of the bill will do little, if nothing to slow the market's decent since it addresses few of the core problems affecting the economy.    

I will leave you with the rebellious words of Thomas Jefferson – the only way to get the government's attention and understanding is through a revolution.   

"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion…And what country can preserve its liberties, if it's rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure." 

– Thomas Jefferson