It has happened on the Republican's watch...and they had EIGHT years
to turn it around.

The people didn't want it turned around. They believed in something
for nothing since housing prices could only go up even if value did
not.

That's bull. The "people" didn't know a damn thing about what was going on.
All this stuff about the financial crisis was a big shock to most people.
See, they thought they elected republicans who were responsible with their
money. Little did they know that republicans are the last people you should
trust with anything of value. Blaming people for investing in an asset that
is going up and making them money is stupid. Expecting people to know when
an economic boom is about to end is also stupid. Every day I see how the top
financial experts all have lost tons of money because none of them saw this
coming. So if the experts were taken by surprise why wouldn't the ordinary
Joe?



They did not....a trillion dollar debt says that they took all they
could.

Creation of that debt had bipartisan support in the congress.

Not really. The ship of state was run by all republicans for over six
straight years and all the Democrats could do about it was bitch. Just
because a few of them went along with the republican financial plan doesn't
remove the blame from those who made the decisions and set the policies that
got us where we are today. The blame lies squarely on the republicans and
their low taxes, free trade, and deregulation of everything policies. They
put in their supply side agenda and now we have the results. It failed
badly. If the Democrats had been in charge they would not have done what the
republicans did. Probably the opposite in fact.


And you are quite right about this nation's grandchildren...if they do
survive the coming years, it will be not because of anything we did
for them.

This generation has failed its children.

Speak for yourself. My several kids are doing fine, and I'd say their
kids are seeing fine examples.

Gee, since you and yours are doing great then that must be what the whole
generation is like. Kind of like Clark Gable saying he was doing great
financially even in the Depression so everybody else must be too. Give me a
break. If your kids were doing badly would that be a sign everyone else was
too?

Hawke