"dog food for dinner"-That, in a few words, sums up the Bush legacy.

[kpete]

Someone responded yesterday to an AFL-CIO blog in which we mentioned that just days before leaving office, Bush got a whole new set of nearly $600,000 china for the White House. The fellow who commented was rightly appalled. But then he went on to say:

I don’t know about the rest of you who are reading this, but I am just barely making it the way it is. I’m not proud when I say this, but I’ve even had to eat dog food a time or two this past two years just to stay alive! You go out on the streets and you can’t even buy a job. These are the hardest times I’ve ever seen and I’m now 50 years old.

Dog food for dinner. That, in a few words, sums up the Bush legacy.

more at:
http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/15/bushwatch-the-hubris-the-horror/

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Very sad, and very true.

[zbdent]

2. read a great quote yesterday ...

"People don't eat in the long run. People eat every day."

in reference to FDR doing something "right now" instead of "for the long run" to help people ...

[truedelphi]

3. Excellent perspective.

Teh Talking Heads on TV are only concerned about the short terms gains they can make as Day Traders on Wall Street. So round two of TARP is about to be pushed through this week, with more guarantees and oversight promised.

Just as wew ere proimised the first time TARP was passed.

Those in power always have a dozen reasons why short term needed gains for the average person are not a good idea.