Comments on: Wall Street Continues Nosedive

Market Down Almost 450 Points After Fed Rescues AIG With $85B Takeover

[antizion]

I read somewhere that the Bush family is a major shareholder in AIG. If true would be an important fact.

I am so sick of the government giving money taken from me and given to a corporation. This is unconstitutional, illegal and wrong.

Add to the fact that the same multinational corporations are giving the corrupt congress money, that is proof of fact that it is bribery and treason.

Where is the government? Bought and paid for all with the taxpayers money.

[tawpdawg111]

just another past-due correction. Move along...nothing to see here, folks.

[skysoldier75]

The Republicans are all for industry de-regulation and unfettered capitalism.

And this is exactly where THAT path always leads, eventually.

When the Capitalist paradigm inevitably collapses, it''s always the Democrats, like FDR, that eventually save the country from total oblivion.

This country can''t take four more years of Republican mismanagement - there won''t be anything left worth saving by then.

[tawpdawg111]

a little algebra.... very simple prob...

$140 oil is to $4 gas as $90 oil is to ? gas ok make formula...
140/4=90/X cross-multiply and divide
140X=360
X=$2.40something.

Gas should be $2.40 right now. Its $3.65 here.

[babooph]

The tax cuts for the rich have had ,[as Rumsfeld liked to say]"wonderful" results-the 15 to 20 thou a year gift from the govt. will let them buy up great assets on the cheap-also their maid can soon be required to have a masters degree-Bin Ladin destroyed 2 bldgs-Bush finished the rest off.

[marcosis78]

I agree! Bin Laden''s plan to take down the Twin Towers was to hurt the US financially. Well, didn''t he do so? He might be a "mad scientist" but perhaps he forsaw how our crappy government works and planned this all out like this. Not to kill us economically ASAP, but to do it over time. Its a smart way to do it, ya know? Pre-9/11, economy was alright and gas prices were like $1.25, now look at it in the passed 7 years.

[tapsettle]

If he is alive, Bin Laden must be laughing his socks off. He will be rooting for McSame in November to help finish the job. And they used to say the Irish were stupid.

[colonieny]

and the award goes to...

Thank you Senator Shumer from New York ( Chuck ) you are the one history will record started the 2008 run on our banks and fiancial system.

Why so silent now ??Pals in NYC mad at you ???

What a disgrace you are to the Senate.

[rhs648]

I am a registerd Dem but I dont blindly follow either party. I personally would like to see both major parties outlawed and the higher ranking members banned from active participation for life. loss of government pension would also be welcomed. Face it, neither party is held high esteem at this point so why must we put up with it??

Also, why have none of these failed CEOs made a to take a perp walk yet? Nope, instead we get CEOs with parachutes, such as the heads of Fanny and Freddie

Posted by stirringitup

You are so right. The sad thing is that there are many well run corporations with excellent CEOS. Some corporations are even good corporate citizens although you would not know it from the recent turmoil with the financial sector. There are also rotten CEOS who don''t care about their companies, their employees, their sharteholders, or how they affect our country. These people should be required to suffer the consequences of their actions. Long jail terms would be a good start.

[stirringitup]

Curse914

I am a registerd Dem but I dont blindly follow either party. I personally would like to see both major parties outlawed and the higher ranking members banned from active participation for life. loss of government pension would also be welcomed. Face it, neither party is held high esteem at this point so why must we put up with it??

Also, why have none of these failed CEOs made a to take a perp walk yet? Nope, instead we get CEOs with parachutes, such as the heads of Fanny and Freddie