Here is what I see might be happening
For 30 plus years now the disciples of Ronald "government is the problem" Reagan have beloved that other than the Pentagon and in the last 10 or so years ICE the Federal government should do NOTHING
There is no need for "regulation" that the "private sector" and "market forces" would take care of it
If Ford pinto's and later Crown Vic's turn into fireballs on a regular basis, or Explorer's roll over at the drop of a hat killing thousands well people will just quit buying them and ford will quit making them.
If Boeing makes this plane that wants to fly itself into the ground and you might need Chuck Yeager or Sully in the left seat to save the day, well airlines will just quit buying it
No need for bothersome "regulators" like the NTSB
None of them would ever be stupid enough to use a payday lender or get conned into a mortgage or other loan they could not afford so no need for the CFPB
None of them would ever be stupid enough to get conned by Bernie Madoff or ENRON and anyone who did, well they just got what they deserved for not being able to "see that coming" so no need for the SEC
I have written about this in other threads, IMO to be a modern day TEA Partier or Trumpian which are as far as I am concerned one in the same you have to be born with the "fuck you I got mine" gene and it can not be "recessive'
When they were against the ACA or even doing ANYTHING on that it all came from "fuck you I got mine"
When it comes to unemployment insurance, or ANYTHING that is in the broadest sense of the word a "safety net program" which they deride as "Welfare" it is "fuck you I got mine"
They will NEVER be unemployed
They will ALWAYS have insurance or otherwise be able to pay for healthcare
They will NEVER be foreclosed on or evicted or otherwise potentially "homeless"
They will NEVER need anything like "foodstamps"
Now for the most part do I have mine? Well yes i do but I have always wanted these things to exist if on the chance how ever slight that some how some way by some unforeseen set of circumstances and events that maybe just maybe I would not "have mine" and I might just need these things
But right wingers like Mr. Velvet and the recently departed Mr. Bill they just could not imagine that possibility EVER happening to them, no way no how THEY would ALWAYS "have their's"
But now a few, maybe more than few, are going to see that NO they no longer "have their's"
But when the time comes
They will be the first and biggest hogs at the trough cashing those 1000 dollars, at least applying for if not getting any and all "bailout money" they have even a chance at getting
We saw it after Katrina when they took upwards of a 100 grand of "road home money" and turned their 20 to 40 year old non descript 1500 sq ft ranch that was slightly damaged by a foot or two of water for three or fours hours, 10 or 20 grand tops had it been a "normal insurance claim" took the money and all that "free labor" from all those "volunteers" that were here for YEARS, many only after Sandy happened and ended up with "McMansions" worth closer to half a million,
"Cash for Clunkers" they were right there dragging in some POS that they found sitting in some guys back yard or back 40
A year later they were all "TEA Partiers" 8 years after all that they were all Trumpian's and whining about "those people' all getting "free stuff"