No glove, no [government] love…

I have never been as mixed about anything in politics as I am towards the bailout. Good people I trust say it’s necessary. Good people I trust say it’s bad.

I guess I just don’t really know enough to make an informed decision one way or another, although my business is booked with work, my banker tells me he’ll lend me the money if I need it, and my customers are still paying. Additionally, I’m twenty years from retirement, so my 401K, while certainly losing money at the moment, has that long to recover. If I took a purely selfish view, I’d say the bailout can only have negative effects on me due to future increased taxation. But I still remain indecisive, as I know that there could be far-reaching consequences yet to reach me at my level.

All that being said, this rather old joke just seems appropriate once again. After all, laughing’s better than crying!

[H/T Tom]