Comment Re:I want to be that mouse! (Score 1) 89
Good to see you again buddy
It was a fictitious crisis...
Maybe this particular incarnation of our debt problems weren't entirely real but this "fictitious crisis" is brilliant, and I'm all for it.
Markets don't turn on a company or nation gradually, they do it suddenly and the cost of fixing the crisis is usually far in excess of what is possible. By invoking a crisis Congress has brought attention to an issue that severely needs to be addressed before it's too late. Would you prefer the markets tell us they will not loan us money at any price or would you prefer Congress discuss the issue before the markets force our hand?
Congress deserves credit for very little during this debacle, but invoking a "fictitious crisis" before the markets turn and put us all out of employment is very clever IMHO.
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