Richard W. wrote:
"RB" wrote in message
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Curly Surmudgeon wrote:
Worldwide markets continued to crash:

Dow 7,365.67 -100.28 -1.34%
Nasdaq 1,441.23 -1.59 -0.11%
S&P 500 770.05 -8.89 -1.14%
Hang Seng 12,699.17 -324.19 -2.49%
Nikkei 225 7,416.38 -141.27 -1.87%
Straits Times 1,594.94 -34.41 -2.11%
FTSE 3,889.06 -129.31 -3.22%
DAX 4,014.66 -200.55 -4.76%
CAC 40 2,750.55 -122.05 -4.25%

The unemployment numbers rose to over 600,000 this week, gold topped
$1,000/oz, more banks failed, more multi-billion dollar Ponzi schemes
were uncovered, and the spectre of Poland, Ukraine, and Czech nations
going into bankruptcy.

When are you dumbasses going to realize that Bush is gone, and the markets
are reacting appropriately to the BS our current president is dealing.
The markets reflect confidence - or lack thereof - in the future based on
what's going on NOW, not last year.
When that $800B porkfest got crammed through in record time, most
sensible people realized the folly of making that $3500 annual IRA
contribution, and bought AR15s instead. The latter has appreciated while
stocks are nosediving. Thank you Mr. President.

The billion dollar company I work for quit contributing to both 401K match
and company pension funds. So all the workers didn't get an hourly pay cut,
but a huge benefit cut.

That happened at this chicken outfit - and many others - after 9/11