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The Deal's Getting Done, But Will It Work?

The Paulson plan - even with amendments - is still based on clinging to the very same "Trickle Down" ideology that the plan PROVES is bankrupt. Wealth did not trickle down, debt trickled down. And to cure this, the plan asks taxpayers to Trickle Up with their tax dollars -- not to pay their own coerced debt, but to bail out exploitative, weathy institutions and investors at the top. I agree with Unfaire and others, any investment of public tax dollars needs to begin at the bottom. Future interventions at the top are already provided for - did anybody notice that the failure of WaMu was handled perfectly: depositors are safe, investors lost.

Apple/Mozilla Flap Is Really About Google Revenue

...what's worse, instead of being excited and interested in any new apple innovation that comes to market... consumers must now be wary. Larry may think that's okay "in the context" of Mozilla's reaction, but consumers aren't going to weigh choices about apple based on Mozilla.

Apple/Mozilla Flap Is Really About Google Revenue

re: barbarian comment - do you really think that apple wants its tactics compared to microsoft? apple is supposed to be better than that. that's their brand. they just spent a big chunk of that equity and goodwill by stooping instead of rising above. apple made this download appear to be part of the normal upgrade for two other products. it wasn't. that makes apple's action consumer unfriendly, which, as barbarian aptly points out, brings to mind the evil spector of microsoft. too bad. safari may be a great product - better than its rivals, but to many consumers it now equates with evil.

Apple/Mozilla Flap Is Really About Google Revenue

re: barbarian comment - do you really think that apple wants its tactics compared to microsoft? apple is supposed to be better than that. that's their brand. they just spent a big chunk of that equity and goodwill by stooping instead of rising above.