Many would like to see printed money go away, and in some ways I agree. That said, most of you have jobs and homes paid for directly or indirectly by printed money. Without it I believe we would see unemployment in excess of 50% right now.

I understand some are on retirements etc, but even that would be terminated if the tax payers suddenly became non tax payers as they lost jobs, as is already the case in a huge way in States across the country. So the choice is for ALL of us to get used to a LOT lower income and lifestyle, where ALL debts are not paid including those owed to retirees (GASP) or we print like there was no tomorrow.

Hard choices I know, but unless we can get away from a consumption based economy in which the things we consume are made by people earning less than a dollar an hour in most cases, I see little other choice.

As for Obama, I don’t know if he is a Trojan horse, or just inept, but the idea of Obama vs the reality of Obama are two very different things. And no that does not make me a Bush supporter. I am dismayed to find a third term of Bush policy when so much more should have and needed to be possible.