Pent up demand

Time to End Government Dickering Before It's Too Late

apppro, you cannot do most of the things you listed by simple fiat. A "windfall" tax on short-sellers? So when traders are wrong they get to eat the loss, but when they're right, the government takes the proceeds? I don't care to live in that country, thank you very much.

Your program amounts to fixing the rules of the game, massive government spending "stimulus", confiscatory taxes, restrictions on speech, and more government agencies. News flash: none of those ideas are new.

15 Notes on the Current Market Stress

Nice article. I think broken promises are the issue of our time. So much of the mayhem going on now can be traced back directly or indirectly to the fact that government and some businesses have been writing checks for too long that they will not be able to cash.