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Originally Posted by cabo35
Cassie, it matters a lot. If we are to prevent historical catastrophes like this from recurring we have to peel back the layers and find out when it started, how it started, who contributed to it, and why it was allowed to get as far as it did. We need to know so we can give it more than a quick $700B fix to soothe the nerves of the American people and call it a cure. That is not enough. It will not be over. The greatest lessons in life are learned by going through hardship, tough decisions and sacrifice, not by going around them. But, that's just me.
There are many who are complicit in perpetuating this travesty on the American taxpayer and they would like nothing more than to hear, "IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE"..... You will know them because they all read from the same playbook. You've heard the signals often. Stop the blame and finger pointing, let's move on, share the blame, let's remain calm and rational. You will hear these terms from partisans, politicians and media moguls who do not, under any circumstances want to be exposed as complicit in the perpetrating of this economic disaster. They do not want the onion to be peeled. They would love to see the American taxpayer raise the surrender flag. I don't think that's going to happen this time. The Internet has become a powerful tool that can shed light on those that would prefer the light of day not shine on them.
Our differences are that you trust the government to do the right thing....I don't. As always, I enjoy your thoughtful input and the occasional differences of opinion that make life interesting. Thanks.
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Thank you for the reponse....however I would say that I DO NOT trust the government to do the right thing...but feel that there is really nothing I can do about it. I can call our congressional representatives, write letters to the governor and yell and scream at the top of my lungs.....but I honestly don't feel there is much difference that will make. Sad I know.
I would say that there are many things about the government the scare the you know what out of me...but I have to go with what I think is the lesser of two evils.
As far as "peeling back the onion"...I can understand your point. However...regardless of who it started with...it is obvious that their successors did not fix...so I suppose in reality it was everyone's fault...
No one could really for see that we were going to have a crisis...and if they did they saw it too late...and reported it too late...and still no one reacted.
I don't blame one president or another. It is the executive and legislative branches of our governments fault...all of them. One person does not make this happen. Most of the time it is not the president who makes the changes...he just signs it...depending on what his advisor's have said. So I suppose we should blame all of them....
Let's peel back the onion and figure out where it started....fine....but you know as well as I do that we will all have differing ideas about where to stop peeling...and we won't agree on that either!
So in point to my last post...we will never really know or agree on who is to really blame...so why bother?
Sorry to be so pesimistic...
Just my initial thought in response to peeling back the onion....