STOCK MARKET WATCH - Wednesday, 15 February 2012

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Beginning in 2008, Americans got a dose of some of the same medicine. We were told that our economy would implode if we didn’t give our money to bail out the very same banks which created the crisis. Four years and trillions of dollars later, we are still in a recession, unemployment remains high, ordinary people have lost their assets and our president and Congress bicker over how much they can cut government spending and ruin our lives even more.

The Greeks are ahead of the curve. At least they stood up and protested. Hopefully more people around the world will be like them instead of like passive Americans. Hopefully Americans will stop being passive before they end up like people in Greece.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/15-1



I have told a few people to watch what is happening in Greece. I am told that Greece is 'over there', that nothing like that will happen in the U.S., that we have laws and our constitution and our government would protect us. I'm told there is nothing to worry about, that we'll muddle thru, and there isn't anything to prepare for anyway.