| The Fed needs to stop bailing out these institutions | | | | should be held accountable. If they misappropriated |
| that can't seem to balance a check book. I know if | | | | funds then they should do time. That should be the |
| you or I failed at our business it wouldn't concern | | | | downside of running a company badly when so many |
| anyone but us. No one would come to our rescue. | | | | people depend on it. |
| Think of the worst case scenario, if we let the banks | | | | You can't tell me that a high-rise full of accountants |
| fail they would go into bankruptcy and their assets | | | | didn't know the second that they were headed for |
| would be auctioned off to the highest bidder which | | | | the red. Our society is so gullible anymore that we |
| would break up the big conglomerate that has the | | | | don't do our homework and find out who's lying |
| ability to shake our economy. If you ask me, the | | | | before opening our checkbook. We should be |
| reason for this financial mess is one thing and one | | | | ashamed of ourselves. As far as the auto companies |
| thing only. The government has aided in letting these | | | | goes I feel the same way. If you invested in stock in |
| companies get so big that they have the ability to | | | | the big three, you should have done your homework |
| scare us with scare tactics of impending doom if we | | | | if the money was that important to you. Otherwise |
| don't throw money at them. | | | | you need to understand that the stock market is |
| They learned this tactic from the Bush Whitehouse. | | | | risky. There is no "safe investment." You should have |
| His default tactic is to scare us into submission with | | | | gotten a clue when they decided not to keep up |
| threats of global change if we don't see it his way. I | | | | with the Japanese companies on alternate fuels |
| think we need to grow a backbone as Americans | | | | technology research. They made a huge business |
| and stop letting these companies that won't give us | | | | blunder so they should feel the pain over it. The |
| a fair shake dictate how we should react. Let a few | | | | whole industry is begging to be restructured and |
| of them fail and we will see how many of them | | | | failure would force that to happen. |
| were just bluffing in the first place. | | | | Again it doesn't take an accountant to realize that if |
| We as a society have gotten so used to throwing | | | | your labor to build a car exceeds the amount that |
| money at problems that we don't have any | | | | you can sell it for then you need to cut wages. DUH! |
| accountability anymore. Bush took us into a war | | | | But no, they buy lavish corporate jets and give their |
| illegally and no one has pursued it. He changed the | | | | execs bonuses on years when their bottom line is in |
| constitution and no one did squat. Someone in the | | | | the red. I've never gotten a bonus from a company |
| executive branch leaked the name of a CIA | | | | that is losing money. Have you? |
| operative, which is treason, and no one said a word. | | | | Call your Representatives' in Washington and let them |
| Things have to change at the core level if we have a | | | | know if you agree with me. We need to let these |
| chance of turning this thing around. When people do | | | | guys know that we are paying attention and we do |
| the wrong thing and millions lose their jobs then they | | | | know what their name looks like on a ballot. |