" The more cynical commentators in the US have already suggested that this may in fact be the whole idea behind the crisis. Buried in the fine print are some radical changes to the way that government operates, including the rather interesting notion that the Treasuary Secretary gets dictatorial powers -- his decisions can neither be challenged in court nor questioned by Congress. This is a radical power shift; it may not mean much in the UK but it undermines the very core of the Republic.
You've already found out in the UK that taking fiscal power away from local government effectively turns it into an administrative arm of central government. Democracy isn't about elections, its about power, and a bit part of that power is control over budgets. If you shift that power to a group of industry insiders -- and Mr. Paulson is an industry insider -- then you've effectively given away the store. On a personal level the terms to describe all this include 'looted' and 'raped'." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:270779 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
