Friday, December 21, 2012

Goodfellas and the Fiscal Cliff

"Now the country's got Obama as a partner. Any problems, we go to Obama. Trouble with a bill, we can go to Obama. Trouble with immigration, healthcare, retirement savings, we can call Obama. But now we've got to come up with Obama's money every week. No matter what. Business bad? Fuck you, pay me. Oh, you had a fire? Fuck you, pay me. The place got hit by lightning, huh? Fuck you, pay me. Also, Obama can do anything. Especially run up bills on the Country's credit. And why not? Nobody's gonna pay for it anyway. And as soon as the deliveries are made in the front door, you move the stuff out the back and sell it at a discount. You take a two hundred billion dollar program and you call it 'shovel-ready.' It doesn't matter. It's all profit. And then finally, when there's nothing left, when you can't borrow another buck from China or finance another Green Energy Boondoggle, you bust the joint out. You light a match."

- with apologies to Martin Scorsese (unless he voted for this crapola, in which case, he can bite me)