“Rijken het eerst evacueren bij ramp”
Amerikanen kunnen soms zo heerlijk direct zijn in hun uitlatingen.
Er was een gerucht dat de rijke zakenlieden een paar dagen voor de officiele waarschuwing een mailtje hadden ontvangen over de terreurdreiging in de New Yorkse metro.
Dit ontlokte de volgende uitspraken van een radio commentator:
This is as it should be. OK? If we are faced with disaster in this country — let me ask you this, OK? ….. Get all of the emotion out of this. Get all of the emotion out of this. But if we are faced with a disaster in this country, which group do we want to save? The rich or the poor? …… The rich or the poor? OK? Who is a drag on society? The rich or the poor? Who provide the jobs out there? The rich or the poor? Who fuels — you know, which group fuels our economy? Drives industry? The rich or the poor? Now if you — all of a sudden, somebody walks up to you and says, “Hey, Boortz listener. You’re gonna have a — you have to make a choice. You’re going to — we’re gonna move you to another country. And you’re just gonna have to make your way in this other country. We have a choice of two countries for you. In this country, people achieve a lot and they are wealthy because of their hard work. In this country, people don’t achieve squat. They sit around all the time waiting for somebody else to take care of them. They have children they can’t afford. They’re uneducated. They can barely read.