that's what i said... YOU decided to follow the USA.. they never invaded Romania, they were not even involved in the protocol of switching from communism to free market... YOU decided to do so, and you followed european rules though...

Can't say I, directly did, cuz i was a few months old when the revolution started and the communism collapsed. And when i say "we", i mean the government that's been around for about 20 years that turned this country from an international exporter, to an international importer...

Anyways, i'm done with this thread cuz i'll probably start whining about how a handful of bastards has evolved into a whole government and messed this country even more.

We really need reputation or the Thanks mod here. :)

Anyway, the Economic Crisis is cyclical. It's happened before, we're due.

Though, Danny has a point, I wish the government would force these companies to be more transparent with how they are spending the bail out money. So far I've not heard a single thing about how it's being spent, just that they have it.

AIG sent their top executives to a 500k a weekend resort the weekend after being bailed out

Bank of Amercia bought Merill Lynch, then got a huge bailout once, and just got another 20B the other day (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26708958/)

PNC bank got a little bail out money (if you consider 7.5+ Billion little :erm:) and bought another bank National City (also a failing adventure)

Lets not forget about giving GM/GMAC some, which still says it will be in bankruptcy by the end of march, meaning it can't pay back what it already borrowed.

Lets not forget the feds in all this glorious disaster. Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke, who are both about as useful to the economy as my grandma at a swinger party.

So cliff notes: Companies take Americans money to run and operate, companies all fail, declare imminent doom. Companies then take Americans money again with the assistance of the federal government, while the Americans still have to pay their mortgages, credit cards, and loans off to those same companies who received money from feds. Those comapnies in an attempt to payback government loans are raising interest rates, and increasing fee's for guess who, the American people to repay their own money back to the government....

Any questions on why this won't ever work?