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Originally posted by Statikk HDM
Once people see how much money they can get and see large monolithic corporations as the lawbreaking, handout taking, corrupt things that they are they will embrace the thought of putting them in line for a payoff . . . . I don't need to be prez that much. But it would work pretty damn good and all t takes is one year of sweet, sweet money and reform to get voters.
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I don't have any great love for corporate America, but as you seem to acknowledge in your first post, "corporate welfare" is actually legal tax breaks for corporations. You can't just get elected and change this or most of the other things you're ranting about overnight. There are 535 other people in the House and Senate you need to deal with.
As Steve suggests, making the wholesale changes you're advocating would have serious ramifications in other parts of the economy and national infrastructure. The disclaimer "and if it doesn't work, we can stop" doesn't cut it for me. Particularly if the depression you cause is in full force. People aren't going to give a rat's ass about the 600 bucks you've handed out because the company they work for has gone bankrupt and they don't have a job anymore. Besides that, Bush already handed out 300 and 600 dollar tax rebates last year and no one has noticed any great effect on the economy. Or did you miss that because you don't pay income tax?
By the way, being "martyred" means dying for your cause. Did you really mean that? I think this is all a very good illustration of why you have to be 35 years old to be elected to be President of the United States.