[villagerjoel]

The problem with a free market, is that it doesn’t necessarily do what’s best for a country.

[KoRn]

They needn’t worry. According to liberals, we can’t “drill our way out” of an oil crisis, but we sure as hell can *print* our way out of any money crises....

[agere_contra]

FNM and FRE grotesquely mismanaged their own business and got loans from (mostly) the Chinese to pay for their heavily leveraged acquisition of mortgages. The directors of the FFs screwed up, and they did so with the full support of the Federal Govt.

And this is why America's credit rating is on the line. Will you default like Argentina and Russia, or are you good for it?

I think you're good for it.