This whole bail out thing...

[RIROCKHOUND]

Perspective..
I c/p this from www.twis.org

Such as the 700 billion dollar corporate donation given out by our very generous federal government which is, scientifically speaking, approximately equivalent to
191 dollars for every mile between the Sun and planet formerly known as Pluto

155 dollars for every year the planet earth has existed

140 dollars for every year the sun is expected to continue shining

2300 dollars for every American alive, regardless of age

100 dollars for every human being alive anywhere on the planet today

a mere 7 dollars for every human being that has ever lived on the planet at any time ever in the history of homo sapiens

More than 2 dollars for every penny that has ever been minted by the US treasury

7 pennies for every cell in the average human body

If carefully stacked in pennies, the pennies would reach a height of 69 million miles, which would be enough reach the planet mars and continue for another 21 million miles into space… in the other direction the stack would pass both inner planets and reach more than two thirds of the distance to the sun

And while recklessly mismanaged finance schemes of our modern economy has cost us more than 2 dollars for every star in the milky way galaxy

The most startling of all these somewhat silly contrasting comparisons is this:

It amounts to 115 dollars to every dollar spent on the National Science Foundation

[spence]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

Perspective..
I c/p this from www.twis.org

Such as the 700 billion dollar corporate donation given out by our very generous federal government which is, scientifically speaking, approximately equivalent to
191 dollars for every mile between the Sun and planet formerly known as Pluto

155 dollars for every year the planet earth has existed

140 dollars for every year the sun is expected to continue shining

2300 dollars for every American alive, regardless of age

100 dollars for every human being alive anywhere on the planet today

a mere 7 dollars for every human being that has ever lived on the planet at any time ever in the history of homo sapiens

More than 2 dollars for every penny that has ever been minted by the US treasury

7 pennies for every cell in the average human body

If carefully stacked in pennies, the pennies would reach a height of 69 million miles, which would be enough reach the planet mars and continue for another 21 million miles into space… in the other direction the stack would pass both inner planets and reach more than two thirds of the distance to the sun

And while recklessly mismanaged finance schemes of our modern economy has cost us more than 2 dollars for every star in the milky way galaxy

The most startling of all these somewhat silly contrasting comparisons is this:

It amounts to 115 dollars to every dollar spent on the National Science Foundation

G33K

-spence

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by spence

G33K

-spence

Proud of it.

[justplugit]

Alot more coming.

Wait till people start defaulting on their over extended credit card balances.

Something like the avg. card has a $12,000 balance.

[Slipknot]

the whole thing pisses me off
the gov. already bailed out wall street in the nineties I thought, back when Greenspan was in charge of the fed. That set a very bad precedent and was already a huge mistake , so now they want to do it again?

sorry, I'm not buying into that crap.

I didn't cause this chitstorm, I won't be a part of bailing out.

I pay for insurance up the wazoo, insurance companies never lose money, even when disaster strikes they all pool together to keep from going under I thought. So why can't these irresponsible institutions,people, homeowners,credit card abusers be responsible for there own mess?

I bought my home in Dec. of 1988 at the peak of the market then, 10% interest (refinanced twice since)and have paid on time, made it thru hard times, was scrutinized when we applied, and almost 20 years later got the balance on the 1st mortgage down from 110700 to about 50000. Since then the banks allowed this crap to happen by giving away mortgages with little credit, no money down, ballon payments, other creative nonsense so prices would stay high etc. and all the while I stayed where I could afford instead of being part of the problem today by buying a bigger or better house than I could afford. Well screw that, I pay enough friggin taxes already and will probably never see a dime of SS in my life.

The Gov. can find the right solution for this mess, not some band aid that is not sure to work.

[Bronko]

Next in line looking for bailouts... the auto industry followed closely by the airline industry. Everybody wants to drink from the teat.

[sokinwet]

Auto industry is already in line...on the news last night.