Where's the fairness?

I don't want a nickel of my money back; my tax money, that is. You see, my family and millions more just like mine are now in the business of financing irresponsibility. Families who could not afford to buy a home did so anyway, getting money for the transaction from banks who were forced to lend it to them.

I'm bailing out both sides of the rotten equation at this point, and frankly, it makes me sick!

I'd like to scream out, "Where's MINE!!! I pay my taxes, make good decisions, try to save money, and PAY MY BILLS!!! When is someone going to reward MY good behavior?"

We're not in the business of rewarding the people who do things right anymore. We're in the business of rewarding poor decisions and irresponsible behavior. What else would I expect in the "everyone gets a trophy" generation?

As I said, the whole thing makes me ill. I think I'll stop paying on my mortgage. I'd be rewarded for it, wouldn't I? I think I'll stop paying my bills. Uncle Sam will come to my rescue, won't he?

Not for me! I didn't make poor decisions and allow myself to be victimized by an adjustable rate mortgage. I didn't demand a lot more money than I was worth, so I don't have a Federal bail-out with my name on it. Where's the bail-out for my retirement fund? I'll have to work until I'm 80 to make up the losses; losses that were essentially generated by the whole banking mess that the government produced with its Community Development Act, which forces banks to lend money to people who are not qualified under normal circumstances for a $20 loan, let alone a $200,000 loan!

Our government, part in parcel, is out of control and WE sat back and allowed one liberal idea that sounded good but was rotten to the core after another steal any semblance of logic from our collective thought, all the while KNOWING that Uncle Sam would provide the safety net if it failed.

It HAS failed, Sam! Can we please go back to capitalism before we're nothing more than Red China with a red, white, and blue flag?