Comments on: Hit The Phones To Stop a Depression http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:48:03 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: robspierre http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1819879 robspierre Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:39:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1819879 <p>An excellent proposal. The money must have gone somewhere and national emergencies now justify all sorts of extreme extralegal behavior. What could be a bigger emergency than this? </p> <p>I can see it now:</p> <p>“Show Mr. [financier’s name here] the instruments of financial transparency and fiduciary responsibility.”</p> An excellent proposal. The money must have gone somewhere and national emergencies now justify all sorts of extreme extralegal behavior. What could be a bigger emergency than this?

I can see it now:

“Show Mr. [financier’s name here] the instruments of financial transparency and fiduciary responsibility.”

]]> By: klynn http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1819495 klynn Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:46:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1819495 <p>Ian,</p> <p>I way late to this…I hope stuff like this post runs all day Thursday. This is bigger than FISA in some ways.</p> Ian,

I way late to this…I hope stuff like this post runs all day Thursday. This is bigger than FISA in some ways.

]]> By: darms http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1819485 darms Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:40:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1819485 <p>My senators (TX) are Cornyn & Hutchinson and they obviously don’t give a damn what I think. Is there any point in me calling or contacting them, other than me being added to their enemies list?</p> My senators (TX) are Cornyn & Hutchinson and they obviously don’t give a damn what I think. Is there any point in me calling or contacting them, other than me being added to their enemies list?

]]> By: becca656 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1819310 becca656 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:29:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1819310 <p>Re: # 58. </p> <p>Since we’re already nearing 12% and the numbers don’t reflect the under-employed and those who have given up, we’re probably going to be closer to 20% in six months.</p> <p>Congress is fiddling while Rome burns.</p> <p>I’m afraid that Obama will take the brunt of this. He’s the leader of the government and the government won’t get off the ground with this with something that will actually work.</p> <p>When the Republicans get on board, none of us will win. It’ll be business as usual.</p> Re: # 58.

Since we’re already nearing 12% and the numbers don’t reflect the under-employed and those who have given up, we’re probably going to be closer to 20% in six months.

Congress is fiddling while Rome burns.

I’m afraid that Obama will take the brunt of this. He’s the leader of the government and the government won’t get off the ground with this with something that will actually work.

When the Republicans get on board, none of us will win. It’ll be business as usual.

]]> By: bigbrother http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1818967 bigbrother Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:33:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1818967 <p>The dole is not fun to live on a year of that and folks will be anxiuos to work.</p> The dole is not fun to live on a year of that and folks will be anxiuos to work.

]]> By: bigbrother http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1818965 bigbrother Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:32:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1818965 <p>Precisely why we need a strong safety net. All the good campsites are taken by the chronically homeless. Food. medical and shelter first.</p> Precisely why we need a strong safety net. All the good campsites are taken by the chronically homeless. Food. medical and shelter first.

]]> By: Knut http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1818933 Knut Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:10:39 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1818933 <p>We are wandering in the dark here, all of us, Obama, Bernanke, Summers, the whole lot. The stimulus package will help a bit, but it isn’t going to help enough, and given the Rethug barrage, it will help even less than it would have. Anyone who thnks we won’t see 14 percent unemployment in 18 months is dreaming in technicolor. We are in a hard landing.</p> We are wandering in the dark here, all of us, Obama, Bernanke, Summers, the whole lot. The stimulus package will help a bit, but it isn’t going to help enough, and given the Rethug barrage, it will help even less than it would have. Anyone who thnks we won’t see 14 percent unemployment in 18 months is dreaming in technicolor. We are in a hard landing.

]]> By: Bluetoe2 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1818863 Bluetoe2 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:58:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1818863 <p>Obama is already a victim of his blind faith in “bipartanship”. It’s led to a very flawed stimulus bill that was been watered down to garner Republican support, the very people responsible for the looming Depression.</p> Obama is already a victim of his blind faith in “bipartanship”. It’s led to a very flawed stimulus bill that was been watered down to garner Republican support, the very people responsible for the looming Depression.

]]> By: Bluetoe2 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1818862 Bluetoe2 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:55:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1818862 <p>The GI Bill was after WWII not during the Republican Depression.</p> The GI Bill was after WWII not during the Republican Depression.

]]> By: Raven http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1818861 Raven Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:53:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/04/hit-the-phones-to-stop-a-depression/#comment-1818861 <p>The GI Bill saved this country from a revolution.</p> The GI Bill saved this country from a revolution.

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