no. We decided not to sell our future to Wall Street for pennies on the dollar. Some people may see the unemployment line over it but the businesses that go bust will have had flawed models anyway.
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 6:42 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's a lot of people who think just because they won't lose a lot of their > money right up front, that somehow an economic meltdown will not affect them > in the very near future. > > When we're all standing in the unemployment line several months from now, > it's going to be crystal clear. I guess people will take comfort because > standing next to them in line is someone who used to be rich...."boy we > really showed those rich guys!"?? Talk about small comfort. > > We stood by as the ship sank, and everyone was applauding....i just don't > get it. > > Am I wrong? > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 3:15 AM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Something occurred to me tonight. Seeing the market tanking and $1.2 >> trillion dollars of wealth being wiped out in a couple of weeks, I started >> to think about who actually lost all that money, and it occurred to me that >> older Americans have largely been the losers in this episode, because they >> have the most to lose. >> >> My theory is that there is so much opposition to the plan because most >> people don't have a lot directly at stake- that is, invested in the market. >> Opposition to the bailout is, in essence, punishment of older Americans by >> younger Americans for financial ineptitude. >> >> Thought-provoking, no? >> >> >> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-05-20-cover-generation-wealth_N.htm >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:271529 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
