You bet. What we're seeing here is a crisis in co...

2008-10-30T07:46:00.000-07:00

You bet. What we're seeing here is a crisis in confidence, which is what happens when brand trust breaks down. When people have no more faith in your brand, they switch to another one. America's brand value has been severely damaged, causing heightened concerns and withdrawals.

Once that faith is restored, the markets will recover much more quickly.

Life is a branding problem after all.

I think GW Bush would puke if he read this post be...

2008-10-25T14:46:00.000-07:00

I think GW Bush would puke if he read this post because he isn't a socialistic kind of thinker. He's not much about thinking -- but he is about following the suggestions of others and I think this suggestion came from elsewhere.
I am a firm believer that at times the government must be hands off, there are times that a little of FDR's New Deal programs would be of immense help
YES there was a panic and the speculation over gas prices distinctly drove up the price and it was stupid for the govt not to stop it-- but that's the what Phil Gramm and fellow oil men Cheney and Bush absolutlely love-- is that rise in prices to whatever the market will bear. Granted it affected every other aspect of the supply chain in this economy here and around the globe.

Consider that every time Bush goes on tv to reassure the US public, the stock market takes a dive. (how reassuring is that and doesn't it show a lack of faith in his leadership?)

What happens is dependent now on the election results and as things settle down in the next few months, the economy will start to rebound. I totally agree with you on the real estate market

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You bet. What we're seeing here is a crisis in co...

I think GW Bush would puke if he read this post be...