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I don't agree to this but...johnnytwobags86October 4 2008, 11:12:33 UTC
Where they are going with this recession/depression thing is we have a five year low of people unemployed across America (something like 170k compared to last year like 50k..those numbers aren't exact but it shows the +100k difference, that much I remember). That's 170k worth of people not making money to stimulate the economy, leaving it in rough shape. I'm not gonna make a wild claim that these two are assosiated but also the Dow Jones is down something like 150-300 points (again not exact but it was drastic), enough to show how shitty our economy is feeling right now.
BUUUUUUUT, and this REALLY pissed me off, the news channel I watched speculated that the media displayed this image of a failing economy and panic to bullrush the senate and house to pass a bull shit bail out plan. From the news description and both candidates afterthoughts, I don't see how this is a fix (putting money into lowering the rum tax?). But both candidates said it was a "torniquet" to stop the bleeding, now they had to find out what was really wrong. Sorry to go on a rant, I watched the news for like 2 hours today because I was bored.
Thanks Scottagain for getting me more interested in politics, you rock
Re: I don't agree to this but...sirmeatballOctober 4 2008, 17:33:15 UTC
Economists are also the ones that got us into this. that said, something needs to be done. We do agree, however, that the 700 billion bailout should not have been passed.
BUUUUUUUT, and this REALLY pissed me off, the news channel I watched speculated that the media displayed this image of a failing economy and panic to bullrush the senate and house to pass a bull shit bail out plan. From the news description and both candidates afterthoughts, I don't see how this is a fix (putting money into lowering the rum tax?). But both candidates said it was a "torniquet" to stop the bleeding, now they had to find out what was really wrong. Sorry to go on a rant, I watched the news for like 2 hours today because I was bored.
Thanks Scottagain for getting me more interested in politics, you rock
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