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he explained how we got there okay, but he didn't address the root problem (Greenspan keeping rates as low as he did) or how spending money we don't have is going to fix the problem.
Hello, I am an irresponsible idiot who has totally wasted some trillion dollars of YOUR money on an illegal war that I lied the nation into and attempted to do the same with the world-at-large. Instead of creating anything of value of for you, our children or the world, we have wasted those resources and our military on a gross misadventure when we could have by now lead the US and the world off of oil, and to a much brighter future, with far less resources.
I foolishly advised you all to "Go Shopping" after 9-11 when I could have lead you all to a brighter future. Many of you followed that advice and went in debt for Bling-Bling houses, and the foolish trash we have been encouraging be imported from China, creating huge trade losses as well. Further we are presently losing around 700 Billion a year importing the oil I wish to keep you operating ever more poorly upon.
Funny thing about that 700 Billion number. Right now, I am attempting to con, threaten and intimidate Congress into writing me a free-load-no-questions-asked 700 Billion Dollar check to pretend I am going to save US from the consequences of following my foolishness.
Here is the 700 Billion Dollar Question -- Are you going to continue to be stupid enough to keep following my idiocy or are you going to get some balls and brains and tell me and Congress to get bent? We are betting you are as big a pack of brainless ******* as is the Congress.
We got the dumbed down version of what's going on. Still, there will be a lot of people who don't understand the problem - what caused it, what contributed to it, or the threat we're currently under.
he explained how we got there okay, but he didn't address the root problem (Greenspan keeping rates as low as he did) or how spending money we don't have is going to fix the problem.
Agreed. Bush, and almost EVERYONE else, is ignoring the fundamental problem that government has been, particularly with regard to skewing the housing market and creating the mentality that spending more money than one produces is acceptable behavior.
Not really "ease" my fears, but he did explain how if we handle this right, we can actually come out stronger. Which is the American way. We learn from our lessons, move on and gain strength from it. It's bad, but what is done is done, time to fix the problem and TRY and makes things better.
Not even a little. When I hear people talking about if they had more money their problems would be solved I always think about something Dr. Phil says. You don't solve money problems with money. Dumping money on this problem is not going to solve it. JMHO.
It's bad, but what is done is done, time to fix the problem and TRY and makes things better.
Is it smart to just throw money at the problem and hope it fixes the problem? Do we know this will work? Why can't we let things work themselves out on their own? I thought that was the capitalist way? This seems like the "socialist" way to me......
I'm still not buying this.....I just have a hard time believing adding 700Billion from taxpayers will make things better for the average Joe in the long term.
just my .02
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