the current society is heavily skewed in favor of older Americans. They will be fine.
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 2:15 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:271530 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
