Archive for October, 2008

The Bailout

Okay, now we have the buckets going, what now?  I am still not happy with the bailout.  I do believe the free market would have eventually worked something out.  My thought, what about all the people who have been doing the right thing, paying their bills on time, etc…  What kind of break do they get?  Also, I thought Sarah Palin summed up the problem well when she made the point that mortgage companies convinced people who could only afford $100,000 homes that they could really afford $300,000 homes.  Oddly enough, she seems to be making more sense then the major candidates.  Oh well…

Of course, one of the economists I respect, Steve Forbes, did make the point that the bailout and the stock buying that is part of it, should stabilize the banks enough to unclog the pipes.  His point now is that the economy is health except for the blockage of funds.  If the funds stay blocked the economy will go down hill fast.

I have been in the process of moving so I am not as available the last few weeks.  We hope to get the majority of our items moved tomorrow.  Cross your fingers.  And our Internet, which was supposed to be hooked up either Monday or Tuesday now won’t be hooked up until Thursday or Friday.  Go Time Warner Cable.   Yeah!!!!!!

p.s. Is Internet a proper name?  The blog spell checker always shows Internet should be capitalized.  Or is this just the first wave of the machine finding a life of its own?

Quotation for The True Believer

This seems appropriate to the financial situation…

A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding.  When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.
This minding of other people’s business expresses itself in gossip, snooping and meddling, and also in feverish interest in communal, national and racial affairs.  In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor’s shoulder or fly at his throat. – Eric Hoffer
Well…




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