The Fox 17 News story that I was interviewed for is now online. I don't know how long it will be there, so check it out now if you missed it on TV (like I did) . . .
"Reaction to the rescue bill is mixed . . . "
I don't know how this girl from small-town KY ends up on television every few years even though she has never owned one, but it "shore is fun"! :0)
The first thing I said to Erika, the reporter, when she asked my opinion about the Bail-Out Bill was "It gives a whole new meaning to government housing." She asked me to expound.
"Basically, if you have a mortgage and the government just bought it, then who owns your house and your property? The government. That's a bit unsettling for me." I went on to say that that corporations and businesses do a good job of providing products and services; government, on the other hand, does not.
I can't say that I would like to see more government-run hospitals, schools, housing projects, etc. Even the mail system frustrates me. I can't remember the last time UPS or Fed-Ex or DHL lost one of my packages, but last year, I had a birthday card and a birthday package lost in the mail. Makes me nervous about using the postal system, to be quite honest. I closed with a few comments about how our nation is closer to socialism than we've ever been. Probably shouldn't have dropped the "S" word if I wanted to be heard on the news.
As it turns out, I was the only one interviewed in front of Fido in Hillsboro Village with a negative opinion about the bill. Imagine that.
And, oddly enough, I was the only one whose opinion was not aired on television. Can you say, "Media bias"? With four opinions for the bill and zero against it just further proves that you shouldn't get all your current events information from TV. At least they have a quote from me at the end of the interview online.
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