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As GM Goes, So Goes the Nation (Part 2)

exceptional article!! I am forwarding it to my congressman and senators in hopes they get a clue!

very well researched!

love the cartoon! I have to admit I am saddened to say yes.. "As GM goes, so goes the nation", this country is bankrupt and in decline.

and we are just digging the hole deeper and wider.

Sorry Geithner, The Market Is Not That into You

great article!!

we have the clueless led by the incompetent... is this the best america can do in terms of leadership?

TERM LIMITS!!!!!!!!!

Wall Street's Response to Obama's Economic Policy

O.M.G!!!!!!!!!!

" thought Obama's press conference last night was the first intelligent interactive dialogue"

O.M.G!!!!!!!!!!!!

"With respect to Geithner, I also liked what I heard."

sorry, what a BS article... have you even seen this new financialstability.gov site?

Let the Peter Schiff Backlash Begin

I am guessing this peter-schiff-hating article is related to the second one posted today.

Not quite sure what the point of this article is?

I agree with the comment above, it is premature, and considering Dr. Marc Faber has said the same things, I am going to be waiting for the "marc-faber-backlash" article as well.

Trust - Not Confidence - Is the Issue for Geithner

to the author:

frankly, it is not only an issue of trust, is an issue of confidence as well. Most americans may not understand the details of CDOs, etc..

but to do know when someone has been given a free pass that they themselves would not have been given, and they also know when someone has lied.

Mr. Geither uses Turbo Tax, according to his own testimony, and LIED about not paying his taxes for 4 years.. and BTW: turbo tax is honest enough to tell the customer when they have done something wrong.. it takes human intervention to fudge numbers.

Lets hope Me. Geither uses Turbo Tax to do the nation's taxes, b/c it is obvious Geither cannot tell the truth.

So, the trust is an huge issue, b/c it is obvious the US governments new head of the IRS is lying about fudging his own taxes, and confidence is huge issue b/c confidence only comes when you can trust the person.

On both counts, trust and confidence, Tim Geither has HUGE issues.

Obama is too ignorant to know how ignoratant Tim Geither is, The clueless leading the blind.. hmmm..

Wall Street Stuck in 'Tug of War'

great article!!

The Bailouts Are Doomed - All of Them

absolutely agree with the author... they are printing money to bailout everything and anything..

in the meantime.. people like me .. what is my motivation to save in US dollars?? they are getting more and more worthless..

who the heck is running this country?

and now the inexperienced and incompetent messaih, who has barely 143 days in the Senate.. is going to solve this?? HE IS DIGGING US DEEPER INTO THIS HOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

If Manufacturing Is So Bad, Why Did the Market Go Up?

"In my view, the bigger Obama's stimulus plan is, the worse it is for the economy"

yep... could not agree with this statement more. good article!!

As for the press.. I wish someone here at SA would do an article on how many Obamabots control the press... and that includes the wire service AP (look at the board of directors -- filled with Obamabots).
They frame every issue to either give credit to Obama or to make excuses for him.

I am hoping someone at SA realises that this "crisis in confidence" is not just with the financial systems, it is with governement officials as well as the press.
I know for me, I used to read and watch the news so much, the wash post, NYT among others, and watch CNN and MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CNBC

what I started noticing is 1) most pundits are ignortant, and just use some buzzwords that are popular 2) the AP, CNN and MSNBC have on many occasions LIED or not told the whole truth, especially if it hurt their boss -- Obama.

I only get my financial and other news from reuters, a few other websites.. that;s it..

the trust is gone.. from government officials, from wall street, and from the press

and now I understand that the newspapers want a bailout as well... hmmm.. just start calling this whole thing the pravada..it is in practice now anyways..

Finally, Some Holiday Cheer

Well, I guess people want start building up the bubble again..

I wont be buying anything.. my friends in silicon valley are not buying anything that is not necesary..

I made the mistake of watching CNBC today for a little while... nothing but cheerleaders going on and on about capitulation.. ..what BS!!

these pundit people are the same people who hype things up.. yelling "BUY BUY BUY"

sorry.. not buying into any of this hype..

What Will Happen If America Returns to an Historical Savings Rate?

excellent article!!!

I am in my 20s ... and I have seen what you described in your article so many times. My friends, some in their 20s, some in their 30s, buy anything and everything that want... all on loans.. credit cards.

I have never understood how the heck they can stand owing so much money. But now.. I am shocked to find they for the first time, are not buying crap they can't afford. One of them used to throw a huge new year's party, buy a case of good champagne and other things... this year, guess what? he is not throwing his yearly party, and in fact he is not hosting anything.. he wants to save as much as he can, he works in silicon valley, and if people think that that area is immune from all this spending cuts, they are kidding themselves. People here are literally scared that they will be cut in the next rounds of layoffs... no one wants to spend anything.

Again, to the author, wonderful article!

Our Economically Frugal Present

to the author:

great article.. I work as an engineer in silicon valley, and I make a good living.. I have a decent sized house.. I drive a civic hybrid.. and paid off all my student loans just this past year.. but of course I still have other debt.. the mortgage, the car payments.. etc

your statement that the consumers, if given $$ will "hoard it", I can pretty much agree with it.. any money I get will be any extra car payment I make or it will go to my mortgage.. it will certainly not be toward buying anything..

I don't think this attempt to reinflate the bubble is going to work.. I don't know when I might lose my job, some of my friends have already lost their jobs.. so why in the world would I go on a spending spree.. that money will either go into my bank acctn or will pay down debt..

and I am pretty sure I will not be the only one thinking along these lines.

Wall Street Boys Cautiously Bullish - Barron's

awww... the same crooks who couldn't see this comning.. and contributed to the demise.. now not only predict will all be over soon.. they are in charge of it as well...

YEP!

This Recession's Not That Bad - And We're More Than Halfway Through

awww... what a nice hope-changy article... maybe you should write about the virtues of unicorns as well, and how tooth fairies are thriving...

Paulson's Plan Fails to Understand the Problem; Madoff Is a Perfect Example

while I did enjoy reading this article... the author seems to be seriously deluded about the fraud known as Obama, the only reason Obama is not getting involved and saying "one president at a time", is that the man has no freaking clue what he is doing.

Not like Bush has any idea what he is doing either.. so you have 2 imbeciles, one playing president until mid-januray, the other studying hard of the shows of "west wing" to figure out how to look presidential, but in reality is completely ignorant.

the same stuff that happened with the financials is now happening with politicians, no one asked Madoff any hard questions, no one asked Obama any hard questions... once the koolaide wears off, the ignorance of the american people in voting for this ignorant fraud will be the running joke all across the world.

Constant 'Bottoming Process' Calls Are Meaningless

"I finally stopped wathcing the network for good"

I am at that same point now..

these idiots didn't see all this crap comning.. now all of a sudden I am supposed to believe them when they tell me they think its "bottoming out"??

nothing but a bunch of overpaid idiots with a bully pulpit!