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Life Inside the Bubble

Here is a slice of life inside the bubble, Pajamas Media Division: At some point, protests against mortgage bailouts turn into bricks tossed through the windows of bailed out homes, or baseball bats taken to car dealerships, or Molotov cocktails thrown at bank branches and government offices. When Americans lose hope, instead of taking handouts, they bite those whose […]

Here is a slice of life inside the bubble, Pajamas Media Division:

At some point, protests against mortgage bailouts turn into bricks tossed through the windows of bailed out homes, or baseball bats taken to car dealerships, or Molotov cocktails thrown at bank branches and government offices. When Americans lose hope, instead of taking handouts, they bite those whose hands are out, especially if those hands are holding guns. Worse is that Americans seem less inclined than ever to channel their rising anger into a current political alternative.  (emphasis added)

Now is there any reason to believe this? Chrysler was bailed out thirty years ago, and Harley-Davidson benefited from protectionism only a few years later. I don’t remember a lot of smashed windows over that.

I would like to say something substantive about biting the hands of those taking handouts while those hands are holding guns, but it is so incoherent that I don’t know what to say.

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