Comments on: Please Write Your State Representa… PSYCHE! Just Kidding

By: Dow Down 700 Pts Again, After Bailout… Herald in the Amero and the NAU | The "Break it Down" Blog

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:34:31 +0000

[...] did this happen? Didn’t that “much needed” $700 billion buy us back our economy and let things rock and roll like the good old days? [...]

By: Let the Handouts Begin, California Needs $7 Billion Bailout | The "Break it Down" Blog

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:09:05 +0000

[...] haven’t seen the news, Todd Swarthout send in this tasty morsel: now that it looks like the $700 billion bail-out is going to pass the House, it looks like the hands are starting to get held out… now California needs a $7 billion [...]

By: Curly

Curly — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:05:07 +0000

This could be the biggest and most expensive delaying strategy in history.

Chickens may be driven off for now, but eventually they have to come home to roost.

By: Laurence Hartje

Laurence Hartje — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:58:20 +0000

You can get contact information here as well (it asks for ZIP + 5, but I just used my zip and it gave me information).

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/officials/congress/

If you can’t e-mail them, call them.

By: tdod

tdod — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:37:54 +0000

You read my mind. Well, I am not an economist or anything, but I think we should allow prices to adjust downward if that is where they are heading. Sounds rough, and likely would not be the most pleasant thing for a bit. But, if you think that continually propping up the US dollar is right strategy, wait to see what happens if ever foreign investors stop having faith in our currency — that would be Bad (with a capital B).

Now, if only our government and businesses and citizens would invest some effort into making better decisions vis a vis debt and borrowing and lending, then I think we would be on the path to recovery — unfortunately, we are hearing painfully little of this sort of talk in recent days…