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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Sep 24, 2008, at 4:46 PM, Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:

> Mine is not a popular opinion (I don't think) but I think the  
> government
> needs to step back and let the chips fall where they may (I heard 2
> Congress people say that today!). People who participate in risky
> behavior need to take the consequences;

That is my first reaction to this mess. My reservation is that I think  
about all the little people who will be hurt. Retirements and college  
tuition and far more are predicated on certain investments at least  
keeping up with inflation. Enron employess are working far past normal  
retirement age already. There are no doubt tens or hundreds of  
thousands more.