[competentone]

Who are you going to believe?

The people who were telling you just a few months ago (even weeks ago in some cases) that the "economy is strong" and that things like the bailout of Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, etc, will "stabilize the temporary problems in the credit markets"?

Or are you going to believe people like Ron Paul who has been warning about the risks for years?

Paulson, Bernanke, Bush, etc. are all telling us "we'll be much worse off if we don't do this bailout." Yet they didn't have the ability to see this coming.

Ron Paul has been talking about this occurring for years. He is saying we will not be worse off without the bailout -- he'll admit it is going to be bad either way, but is arguing that allowing the market to operate freely -- rather than having the government step in and attempt to manipulate it to some desired effect -- is the better thing to do.

Now is the time to be listening to those who have had the foresight to see this coming; it is not the time to be following the advice of those who have been telling you "everything is fine."