[Robert Drobot]

Thanks for the input, Hoplite. Post 155 seemed compelling given the flaming I've been taking over my original post, so I hid behind it.

I'm not pretending to be knowledgeable about the workings of the Fed or the Treasury. However, it's not rocket science to see what Bush is doing to this country financially. This is what I had hoped this thread would center its attention upon. I guess I didn't succeed in that goal.

[Petronski]

I'm not pretending to be knowledgeable about the workings of the Fed or the Treasury.

No one was misled on that question.