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To: SilentZ who wrote (574858)	7/4/2010 1:45:33 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576081

Z, maybe you missed the recent news. Private job creation fell back into the negative. This was yesterday. Lots of talk about a double-dip recession. "Stimulus" isn't working as intended. > We live in a consumerism-driven system, like it or not. We need people to have jobs so they have money to keep spending. We need them to believe that they'll continue to have jobs so they don't hoard their money. No, that's not a great system. But it's our system and trying to dismantly it in ways that lead to the suffering of tens of millions of people isn't OK. a) Our consumption-driven economy has to change. b) How about we just grow government until everyone has a job? c) Waging war against those who save is stupid. Bottom line is that there's nothing wrong with cushioning the blow. A soft landing is necessary for society to remain stable. Just don't expect recovery until we finally hit bottom. That could take years. Tenchusatsu