Why the Big 3 Should Not Be Bailed Out!

There are curiously enough three reasons why the people of America should not bail out the big three automakers.

First. They had an understanding with big oil.

Second. They knew what was coming, but chose not to do anything about it.

Third. They destroyed a fleet of electric cars that showed incredible promise, because it would have cut into their other profits.

Three reasons. Now there's more. They failed, and want the government - us - to give them a second chance. Problem with that is, they're manipulative, they lie, they cheat, they steal, they coerce - and there's something else - they buy up the patents to new technologies, and if it endangers the elephants they already have in stock, they shelve them permanently.

I look at the CEO's who come to town, hands out, flown in by their own jets (at eleven thousand dollars a trip), and wonder what's wrong with this nation?

Sure, I know. Putting that many people out of work will be detrimental to the public health. Well, folks, that's what unemployment insurance is all about. Still, there are other issues to take fault with, and those are the exorbitant salaries made by the employees, the union bureaucracy, and upper management.

You can hardly argue that these people didn't have the foresight, required to see what was coming. However, they didn't care. They didn't care enough to quit in disgust, they didn't care enough to scream bloody murder, foul and greedy. They didn't care enough to stand up and declare a new day for the health of America, and the health of a planet.

Am I concerned that they would be out of work? Of course, I am, but given all things being equal, that is exactly what they deserve. They knew what would benefit everyone, and chose just to benefit themselves, and now the buck stops at their doorstep and they're crying the blues.

Still, to be honest with ourselves, we must put things into perspective. There is a history to contend with, when it comes to the governmental relationship with big business. There is an understanding, that if it doesn't help the people at the top, then the advancing technologies (in every field), should be weighed as to the worthiness of corporate aspirations.

You can blame it on religion. Religion has never been anything but a tool in the hands of the rich and the powerful, to manipulate the minds of the poor and the weak.

You can blame it on corruption. The corruption of conscience, the embracing of bribery, the blind eye turned towards conflicts of interest.

You can blame it on laziness, idolatry, stubbornness and greed.

What comes of this is a historical truism. What is built of rotten foundations, will fall. I hope it doesn't. I'm like everyman, hoping for the light at the end of the tunnel, but the more I hope, the less I envision because hope is the refuge of fools. So I guess that makes me a bit of a fool, even though I know better.

Therefore, in understanding all these relationships, we come to one, unnerving conclusion. It will hurt. Hurt badly. Hurt us to the point where the ache of a severed limb is like agony, but if we don't start now, we never will.

Thus, those with their hands out, those with their winning smiles of sympathy, and role-playing tears in the eyes, will just keep taking, and taking, and taking, just like the energizer bunny, who keeps going, and going and going.