What if?

[Sixpence]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=nifea&&sid=aQh0RfMA4x_g

What if Bush had got his way with the current situation? Would there be more pressure to pass the bailout? Would the public feel it's hands were tied? That they had to support it?

Kinda makes you wonder

[Sixpence]

I should explain what I am getting at. Over the last 10-15 years, it seems that alot of ordinary people have got into the stock market in some form. Especially with the internet and being able to set up your own account(alot of guys at work do this, some day trade).

Now, if you tie social security into the stock market, it pretty much blankets the public, now everyone's financial well being is tied to the stock market.

Now we all know the rich are the power brokers in the stock market. All they have to do is send a ripple through it to get what they want. The public would buckle, they have no choice.

You know, there was an old guy at work a few years back that didn't trust banks, he stuffed his money in a mattress(honest). I used to laugh at him.

Somewhere, I wonder if he is now laughing at me