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To: Brumar89 who wrote (139437)	9/30/2008 8:07:40 AM
From: JeffA	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

It is statements like this that PROVE the Dems only sught the blame gamein their grandstanding yesterday. This post expresses a complete and utter lack of understanding at what caused this, how and why it happened and why it is critical that some bill passes. All the idiots here can post is "Uh, it's Bushes fault." or "It's the Repubs fault." No substance or understanding, still a 8 yr hissy fit at Bush being elected.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (139437)	9/30/2008 1:44:21 PM
From: Kevin Rose	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

Were there Democrats that missed the boat when they should have been pushing regulations? Sure. My point is that these problems were caused by the Republican philosophy that deregulation is always a good thing, and that free markets will self regulate. That philosophy has been proven to be dead wrong in telcom, energy, and now banking. How many holes do we need in our feet until we get the point? A good number of Republicans who voted no on the bailout were pushing an alternate solution that is based on this failed philosophy that free, unregulated markets work. They don't, unless you're willing to live through these periods of panic and depression - which happened with some regularity in the US prior to FDR's reforms.