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| В днешния НЙ Таймс, от консервативния автор Уилям Кристол: ...The worst financial crisis in almost 80 years has happened on his (G.W. Bush) watch. The Bush administration will leave behind probably the most severe recession in at least a quarter-century. Fairly or unfairly, this will be viewed as George Bush’s economic meltdown. If Republicans and conservatives don’t come to grips with what’s happened, and can’t develop an economic agenda moving forward that seems to incorporate lessons learned from what’s happened — then they could be back, politically, in 1933. From 1933 to 1980, Republicans repeatedly failed to convince the country they were no longer the party of Herbert Hoover — the party, as it was perceived, of economic incompetence, austerity and recession (if not depression). Only two Republicans won presidential elections in that half-century, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon. Both were able to take the White House only because we were mired down in difficult wars, in Korea and Vietnam. And Ike and Nixon were unable — they didn’t really try — to change the generally liberal course of domestic and economic policy. The G.O.P.’s fate on Capitol Hill was worse. The party controlled Congress for only 4 of those 47 years. That’s what happens when a depression begins on your watch and when you can’t offer a coherent explanation of how and why it occurred and what you are going to do differently. That’s what happens when instead of having such an explanation, you spend decades in quarrels between pragmatic but unimaginative moderates who seek to be better tax collectors for the liberal welfare state, and principled but fanciful conservatives who hope for a wholesale rejection of that welfare state. |
Чиче, Кристол не е консервативен, а неокосервативен. Един от най-кресливите и злобни неокони. Троцкист, а не консерватор. Сега йодеят бега от потъващия ковчег и си търси нов Ной. Брадър Обама ше го земе на неква служба, в обамовия ковчег вече има секакви видове - и ренегати, и престъпници са добре дошли.  |
| Я по-добре Натиснете тук, да видите как се дава акъл! Айде де!  |
| Само не разбрах дали при нюнюдийла ще връщат държавното ценообразуване и купоните. __________________________________________ _____________________ Once the government socializes losses, it will soon socialize profits. If we lose our ability to fail, we will soon lose our ability to succeed. If we bail out risky behavior, we will soon see even riskier behavior. |
"в обамовия ковчег вече има секакви видове" Тцъ, в обамовия ковчег за сега има един вид - тоя на богоизбраните. (или обамоизбраните, щото Той е новият месия) |
| I'm really worried about the national debt. Our country owes over $8 trillion. Trillion! I live in Topeka, Kan., and although I'm just 13 years old, I know that I'm going to be part of the millions of people who are going to be paying for this debt (if we ever pay it off). I want to know how the government plans to help us solve this huge problem. - Leobardo E., Topeka, Kan. |
| You are quite right to be concerned, Leobardo. I wish more members of our government shared that concern. The only honest answer is: There is no plan. You’re also right about your generation inheriting the debt that has been generated by my generation. If you haven’t already, maybe you want to sit your parents down and have a little talk about it. As of Nov. 13, the U.S. national debt was $10, 578, 639, 151, 691.13 (that’s $10.5 trillion) and growing by about $3.8 billion every day. About $6.2 trillion of that debt is from Treasury bonds sold to a variety of investors, including foreign governments. |
| Another $4.3 trillion is held by our own government – mostly in the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. These funds have been collecting more than they spend, saving for the day when my generation retires and starts collecting retirement checks and needs health coverage to pay our doctor bills and buy medicine. Those savings could have been stashed in a bank account. But the Treasury needs the money to make up for the years the government spent more money than it collected in taxes. Voters like to see cuts in taxes, not in services. If our government can figure out how to set taxes and spending at the same level, and the economy keeps growing, the debt will get smaller in relation to the economy. If that happens the burden on your generation won’t be so bad. The only way to do that is to raise taxes or cut services - or both. It doesn’t look like that’s going to happen any time soon. |
| The government isn’t alone in borrowing too much money. American consumers have borrowed $11.5 trillion in mortgages and another $2.5 trillion in credit card, car loans and other debts. Banks and Wall Street investment firms borrowed tens of trillions of dollars more to create complex investments that now are worth a lot less than everyone thought. Now, the Treasury and the Federal Reserve are using trillions of dollars more to try to clean up the mess. As they do, the debt pile probably will grow. Some day, that will have to be paid back too. |
| Even when all that debt is paid off, your generation will likely face another big debt problem. Remember the money that the government has set aside for Social Security and Medicare benefits? It’s not going to be nearly enough to pay the bills for those of us who will be relying on Social Security to pay for retirement and on Medicare to take care of us when we get old and sick. There are various estimates out there. The government’s own accountants at the GAO figure it will take another $40 trillion. Earlier this year, Richard Fisher, the president of the Dallas Federal Reserve, gave a speech in which he figured Social Security will need another $13.6 trillion to cover retirement checks to people like me. Medicare will need something like $85.6 trillion to pay our medical bills. |
| Borrowing money to enjoy a better life today has, until very recently, become ingrained in the American way of life. As we’re now finding out the hard way, it’s not sustainable. And when the bills come due — as they’re beginning to now — life gets much tougher. |
Абе Салиери, много дълга серия, що не си събереш мислите и да ги пуснеш един път  Аз тука искам да фанем бика за рогите. Оставете кризата на мира. Кризи е имало и пак ше има. За мене днешния брейкин нуз е за имейло на новио президент. Барак нема да има и-мейл. Нема блакбъри, нема блубъри, нема горски малини. Точка по въпроса, или както би казала леля - пириъд. Според авторитетната агенция СиЕнЕн, холивудската дива Скарлет Йохансон е фърлила око на Барако. Порой от и-мейли: вика слушай, в Юнивърсъл Студио има само импотентни йодеи и педераси от общ характер. Затова, нека да сме като Мерилин Монро и Джей Еф Кей. И нема да е като в лост ин транслейшън, ше има живо ебане. Ти ше ме учиш на суахили, аз ше те шибам. Дийл? Ноооо, фърст мама засекла кореспондецията и сега целио сикрит сървис е в паника. |
Как се събира нещо, дето го няма?