gatt writes:

If the market can damage the US economic foundation that substantially,
then we have a real problem. The MBAs are either with us or against us.

They are neither. They are simply for themselves.

I nearly lost my job for suggesting that we shut down customers who
hosted pedophelia, identity theft and jihadist websites. They provide
the sales and marketing people too much money.

It's not the job of a telecommunications common carrier to censor the Net.

No, I think the American people ought to do something.

They can vote, but they don't do that very often, and if the truth be told,
their voting rights are quite limited, especially when it comes to a choice of
candidates. In many Presidential elections, for example, the only choice is
"keep the current President" or "change to someone else."

If the market is that unstable and the speculators that capable of
manipulating a GIANT worldwide economy, it's time for Uncle Sam to
declare war on speculators, not insurgents in Baghdad.

Speculators have destabilized societies for centuries. But they are rarely
checked, as most people are greedy enough to want a piece of the pie for
themselves, and who cares what happens to the rest of society?