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Originally Posted by yubba
We the taxpayer didn't ask the government to bail them out, the government went and did it on their own.
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Which is exactly what a representative government is supposed to do. Through our elections we empower our representatives to make decisions on our behalf, but not necessarily in agreement with one of our opinions.
"A Representative owes his people not only his industry, but his judgment, and he betrays them if he sacrifices either to their opinion" - Sir Edmund Burke