Comments on: Lawmakers Warned Wall Street Crisis So Bad Economy Could Literally Die

By: Patrick E

Patrick E — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:51:22 +0000

I think the media and everyone else in DC is overreacting just a bit.

Are things bad yes

Are we in for some problems yes

Is the world going to collapse tomorrow....no

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:40:12 +0000

Silhouette, I hope you're wrong, but I think we are in for a bumpy ride…

By: Silhouette

Silhouette — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:34:04 +0000

I went to the store to buy some things today and remarked to myself how the brave merchant took my pieces of green paper with pictures of presidents on them and gave me real goods in exchange!

It takes awhile for this kind of situation to sink in.

We are a third-world nation now.

The dollar is now a form of domestic 'script'. None of it will be tradeable on the world market in any meaningful fashion. Or maybe I'm misunderstanding the gravity of this?

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:22:32 +0000

So it would take “a complete meltdown of our financial system” to get democrats and republicans to work together. How freakin sad is that? I fear we've become a nation of idiots. The founding fathers handed us down this incredible gift and what have we done with it? Fools and mortals…