[cgbg]

I know Freepers don't want to hear this, but Bush is adopting the "I feel your pain" technique of the Clintonoids.

Neither party feels your pain. They both caused your pain with legislation bought and paid for by corporate, banking, and underwriting lobbyists during the Clinton years.

The American investing public were fools, and fools and their money were quickly parted.

Sorry to deliver the bad news. :-(

[grania]

The American investing public were fools, and fools and their money were quickly parted.

I'll agree with that. Add to that, a big enough pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, somebody's gonna find a way to get it.

The hype and the promises have been pretty pervasive over the past decade...a lot of people read the literature put out by these investment outfits, and believed it. Maybe it's time for the schools to be teaching a heavy-duty economics course to all high school seniors.

Last year, I went to one of these brokerage outfits to open an account for a little recreational trading. And some twenty-something twerp was lecturing me to take my money out of CDs and trust them. He was kind of dumb, but really intimidating and insulting. I bet he did a number on a lot of people who trusted their mutual funds and investing because of all the hype.

[ImpBill]

posted my 12 before reading your 10. Great points.

[ImpBill]

P.S. Not all Freepers gush at GW's every move.