[Superman]

We're in agreement. I would prefer to have my suffering now, honestly, responsibly, without borrowing my way around it. This bailout thing is must more of the same.......more debt to preserve our artificially high affluence. Sure, all the legislators are leaning toward the bailout. It's all about the "markets."

And again, I do not accept the theory that what's good for the "markets" is automatically good for the "people." America has come to lean way too far in the commerce direction, and away from the social direction. That doesn't mean I am a welfare fan. "Social" means family, community, etc. This consumerism has SEPARATED people more than it has brought them together. Perhaps a little misery will reverse that.