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Technology Stocks : Ascend Communications (ASND)
ASND 212.33+1.1%Nov 28 9:30 AM EST

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To: bucky89 who wrote (53295)8/31/1998 9:00:00 PM
From: Joseph G.  Read Replies (2) of 61433
 
Reads like communist propaganda - or you invented all this yourself?

<<No, I do not think they do at all. In the 1920's you had the US recovering from WWI and the
US economy looked a lot different from what it does today. 50% of the wealth was
concentrated at the top 1% of the US population. This was the age of sweatshops and the
like. Farmers were very poor. Ordinary people had nothing. The stock market boomed
because the rich had money to buy stocks--totally different from today, where corporate
securities are held by a broad cross-section of the general public.

Loose monetary policy did not work in 1930's because people were in such dire straits and
hoarded money. I see no general panic today, and if the economy slows down then lower
interest rates will pick it back up again. If that doesn't work, then of course we can start
deficit spending again.

Come on, Thomas--the economy is not in danger of slowing down. This is what happened in
the 1920's, and this is what you suggest will happen now. This market correction is caused
by fears of weakness in overseas economies, not a slowing economy. It will pass.>>
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