$0.25/barrel
We need corporate oversight, not war, to rebuild the economy
The New York Times reports that President Bush has authorized a 27% reduction in the new funding he approved with great fanfare and moralizing about 90 days ago. Claiming the the War on Terror and Homeland Security require funding more urgently than the clean up of the vast corporate scandals, his administration was apparently never serious about corporate ethics. It is hanging Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt out to dry: [RatcliffeBlog: Business, Technology & Investing]
» Really? Was it ever in doubt that Bush had no interest in cleaning up corporate America? I'm shocked.
Come on, wake up! He and his cronies are probably as guilty of malfeasance as any of the people they claimed they were cleaning up. Did you ever really believe this horseshit?
As Bush knows so well, the American public will go back to sleep when they can fill their new 2003 15MPG SUV with Iraqi oil at $0.25/barrel.
Well you will, won't you?
Each year Americans want a little more space inside, a little more power.