Hey, we're all in this together. So, when an a worker loses their job, we give them a couple hundred of dollars a week for unemployment benefits. Or, if a mother working at a minimum wage job can't buy health care for their kids, the government helps pick up the tab. Or, if some of the top executives at Goldman Sachs lose a fortune on their investments, Goldman uses taxpayer dollars to get them through the tough times, lending or giving them millions of dollars. Good reporting by the NYT.
--Dean Baker
