tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post4632608074647806758..comments2008-07-23T15:56:01.795-04:00TraderMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241756200482130281noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-78002393425565667172008-07-23T15:56:00.000-04:002008-07-23T15:56:00.000-04:00TM: Hi! You have done a great job of laying out the issues for readers. My 2 cents follows. What the media does not see or what the average joe (whoever that is) is not aware of is that there is very little substance to anything that our leaders do. You call it "kick the can down the road" and that is a good term for it because what is it going to take for people to sit up and realize that our problems are going to require hard choices. A good example is the collective sigh of relief that commentators make when the recent hurricane doesn't impact our refineries. Because if it did effect refineries, then the price of gas would go up. On the other hand, let's ask "why this is an issue?" Why hasn't the richest country in the world solved this problem yet or why are we putting ourselves at risk like this? That's the question we should ask. We shouldn't be saying, "boy, we got lucky this time."<BR/><BR/>Another example is the recent bounce in the stock market. Once again, the collective sigh of relief that our 401 k's and the like aren't going to zero. All is going to be right as the stock market has stopped going down. But nothing has changed and no one is asking why. Everything is ok stocks are going up. Yippee. <BR/><BR/>The issues and liabilities that our generation faces need to be dealt with, and the sad thing is that they are not.Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198161809721597881noreply@blogger.com