The Party Is Over

Travis Tritt summed it up well, "Won't you tell me if you can,Cause life's so hard to understand,Why's the rich man busy dancing,While the poor man pays the band... Lord have mercy on the working man". Well friends, the party is over and now it is time to clean up - Wall Street and Congress that is. The fat men said it was one hell of a party. What, you weren't invited? Don't fret I wasn't either. But I'll give you one guess on who has to pay the band - you're right, the thin man (us).
We had fat men from corporate America milking these companies and their employees for all they were worth. We had fat men in the lending sectors who were taking advantage of us hard-working home owners by over-valuing our assets and telling us we could afford them. And then we had the fat men in congress encouraging all of us to spend, spend, spend - remember, its good for the economy. Bull Shit. I'll tell you who I think it was good for: congress and their pork barrel projects, Welfare recipients, major shareholders and execs of large companies, and the golden child who could do no wrong - the banks. And now the rest of us have to pay: small businesses who can no longer epand because of tightened credit, middle-class home owners who now have negative equity and are scraping to get by, the blue collar backbone of our country who are losing their jobs at an alarming rate, and the average Joe who has been minding his own business and trusting that those in charge are doing the right thing by us.
Well, the party is over and the crowd has left. Don't worry, we'll take care of everything like we always have. We'll pay the band (higher taxes) and clean up the mess (vote your sorry asses out). Thank you may I have another sir.