Not holding out much hope, though...

We all know who the really big winners were this year. Those people who own places like this:

It still staggers my imagination that we spent the entire 1990s at the old tax rate and our nation managed to thrive and prosper; yet during the ten years of Bush's tax cuts, we shed jobs and opportunity to a level not seen since the Great Depression. Everyone who fought against the repeal said we'd lose millions of jobs if we went back to the old rate.
How does that possibly make any sense?
This year's losers:

We got the shittiest possible health care reform; nothing to show for the bank bailouts (unless you happen to be a teller in one of the banks, then you're possibly still employed), minimal help from the stimulus package, and no promise of things getting better any time soon.
But, it pays to be famous. Some people are still laughing all the way to the bank:

UPDATE: Once again, I made it through the entire year without making a single mistake writing the date. That's about 6 out the last 10 years that I managed to get it perfect! Today was my last chance to screw up (filling out the release form at the Bridgeport Shooting Range) and as I wrote 12/31/2010, I knew I'd accomplished something absolutely meaningless!
4 comments:
Bob - 2010 was a kidney stone of a year: painful, but it finally passed!
I wish you & Joyce all the best next year...stay strong, and keep the faith!
Thanks man! The same to you & yours!
Happy New Year!
Thanks for all the fun...
--Scooper
Cheers Mr. Scooper!
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