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To: Investor2 who wrote (42780)	4/11/2009 9:34:51 PM
From: Math Junkie	1 Recommendation Respond to of 42834

"The Fed continued raising rates while the economy was sliding into the worst recession in many years. They abruptly turned their stance and drastically lowered rates, but their move was just too late." I noticed that tendency as far back as the 1970s!

To: Investor2 who wrote (42780)	4/13/2009 2:19:11 AM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

I2, it is worse than a timing issue. it is a funding issue. 1. borrowing is escalating. 2. tax revenues are plummeting. 3. debt is blowing up - $23 trillion is expected by 2017. 4. we are already printing money at an alarming rate. at some point, people will stop lending us money enough money - and we've probably already passed that point for good. iow, if you want government, the printing presses will have to finance it. if so, it isn't a matter of timing, it is a matter of necessity - government would not exist outside the printing press. yes, you should be scared.