Re: How Do We Get Out Of This Mess (Economy)
[quote=runningman;698761]We have to let some of the financials fail. Citi is a dead bird. The US must let Citi fail in order to fix this by the end of 2009. If they keep giving money to Citi than the economic crisis will drag on until 2011[/quote]
Not necessarily opposed to that. But have you thought about [I]how[/I] they should let those major banks fail? There is a big difference between a well thought-out failure through bankruptcy and a very disorderly failure that reverberates throughout the open market. And it's very difficult with the megabanks, because just because they go away doesn't mean their problems go away.
For example: what do you do with all of the creditors and customers of those mega banks throughout the world (not even talking about the employees; that's the least of the trouble)? Millions of people need access their savings and get their next paycheck, millions of market-making transactions need to be processed in markets, millions of corporate transfers need to be made every day. Where do you propose that those people then go? They don't just disappear.
I'll tell you where they go: they go get in line for some form of handout from the government, which gives them money that comes from the taxpayer (either current or future generation).
So it's not a simple cure-all for the economy as one might think.
[quote=lucky charms;698771]hurrs 2 deh fuecharr! (here's to the future:roll:)
lol. we have this thing here called fatty hour; it's when all the obese soccer moms etc. swarm to krispy kremes at night for donut frenzies. i liek to taunt them.[/quote]
huh?? :what