Feeling the Pain
Originally posted 2009-03-25 12:16:37 -0500, bumped by carol.
I feel wiped out. And it’s not from the flu. It’s from the financial news. Several people I know lost their families’ life savings that were invested with Wall Street wizard Bernie Madoff. My bank, which has been on a buying spree of failing financial firms, was insured by AIG. Not long ago, the president of the United States—the one with a Harvard MBA degree—was urging Americans to switch from Social Security to private investment accounts. Yeah, sure. The only reliable income I have right now is a Social Security check.
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Connecticut Man1
March 25, 2009 - 15:42
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"I have a modest alternative suggestion."
I agree with your suggestion. Some of them need a real dose of the economic reality that they were a big part of creating. Maybe they should have to move into the tent cities popping up across the country until they solve their own problems?
Or they could move in with some of the homeless that have been "helped" in NYC.