Scott Ott at Scrappleface is at his finest in this post:
BUSH TO AID TROUBLED MORTGAGE HOLDERS, VEGAS LOOSERS
(2007-08-31) — President George Bush today ordered the heads of the Treasury and Housing departments to find ways to help prevent people stuck with high-risk subprime mortgages from defaulting on those loans during a housing slump. In an addendum to his memo, he also directed his Cabinet Secretaries to help “cushion the blow” for people who make losing bets in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and “other regional investment centers.”
“This is what government does best,” said the president, who campaigned for office as a Republican. “It’s government’s job to protect the people who gamble from enduring any negative consequences of that behavior.” (read the whole thing here)
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