Comments on: Regulate Wall Street, For Our Own Good

Ben Stein Says We'll Be Paying The Costs For Their Misdeeds For A Long, Long Time

[sparks224]

Hooray for Reaganomics!

So, when is the %u201Ctrickle down%u201D going to start?

[doctor--o]

Ben Stein I want to hear you say:
''Ronald Reagan, you were wrong.''

There is an appropriate amount of governmental regulation. The same deregulation that gave us Enron -blackouts in California and the devastating affects that finally took that company down are at the heart of all this.
Repeat after me:
''Republican ideology in action doesn''t work''

That''s the problem. Vote to correct it this fall.

[oracle-sage]

The horrendous mess that we are all going through is not just due to Wall Street. It is caused by all of us. Yes there was greed in Wall Street. However there was also greed and avarice in all areas. Homeowners and builder asking ridiculous prices. Realtors and assessors accepting these inflated values and then approving them. Buyers, whether properly qualified or not - paying these inflated prices and taking on undue and unwise financial risks. All people gained through the flow of easy money and now it has stopped as reality has set in.

Our leaders - especially the congressional leaders - by establishing laws and regulations based on values that enhance their re-election rather than what is best for the country are also to blame. This mess was not simply a Wall Street problem. It was caused by all of us. We should look in the mirror when assigning blame and not just simply trust those that established the environment that fostered this mess to now establish a new environment that will solve this. They, the congressional leaders, did not look after our interest when they had a chance to do so, what makes us think they can establish one now? Maybe they too should share the blame. To wit, go to this link:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E3D6123BF932A2575AC0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print

[upto1947]

Why. They well stell get there 10, 15 million every year. That is what the tax payers money is for. To pay the big bucks to the crooks.

PS: I hope Mr. Spell Check can give me an %u201CA%u201D today.
Hope my Grammar meets your approval.
I know you are out there and I know YOU ARE A NO BODY.
GET A LIFE.

[codexkills]

Taxpayers are always surprised that crooks ask them for more money. First the crooks needed money for a fake war. Now they need money for fake business failures and a bailout for the "taxpayer''s best interests". People should stop paying federal taxes because the only thing they get for paying taxes is more debt and interest that taxpayers supposedly liable for and a stronger IRS collection agency. I''m sick of this country and spineless taxpayers that just pay their tax bill unquestionably. Let the *** banks fail. No regulation that keeps out smaller banking competition, and no bailouts.

[garyclements-2009]

No truer words were ever spoken than when Ben Stein said that when Wall Street screws up that "its always the rest of us who have to clean up the mess- and they walk away rich, of course."
Until accountability returns for the market in general and the people who run it in particular, this is destined to happen again.