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"The idea is to add liquidity ..."

Exactly how is that supposed to help the economy, when all the trillions of "liquidity" pumped in thus far haven't helped the economy one little bit?

Have all those trillions of "liquidity" pumped into the financial sector helped YOU any?

Have all those trillions of "liquidity" pumped into the financial sector helped restore our manufacturing base, a critical component of an economic recovery?

Have all those trillions of "liquidity" pumped into the financial sector helped restore consumer confidence, another critical component of an economic recovery?

It will help when the junk is cleaned out of the financial system, and Bernanke is the one leading the effort. It would be going a lot better if the chief clown, W, and his sidekick Paulson hadn’t dropped the ball.

17 posted on 01/15/2009 3:21:42 PM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)

Have all those trillions of "liquidity" pumped into the financial sector helped restore consumer confidence, another critical component of an economic recovery? Yep

115 posted on 01/17/2009 2:28:34 PM PST by CRBDeuce (here, while the internet is still free of the Fairness Doctrine)