[TopQuark]

Please accept my apology if I misread your comment: the sentiment it appeared to express is all too comment of FR. Like you, I blame the government --- for the socialized drugs and health-care, the bailout of Detroit, the housing bubble, etc. But at the same time, I try to remember that "corporate coffers" are not in the basements of corporate buildings but in the living rooms of tens of millions of Americans who own those corporations.

Thank you again for your clarification.

[mlocher]

I think we are of the same mind on this topic. I agree with you that there sometimes is a sentiment on FR that one should use Big Government to do "Conservative Things", which of course is an oxy moron, so to speak.

At this very instant, I cannot think of a single social or economic problem in the US whose origination, or magnitude, is not directly linked to government rules and regulations.

[mlocher]

I think we are of the same mind on this topic. I agree with you that there sometimes is a sentiment on FR that one should use Big Government to do "Conservative Things", which of course is an oxy moron, so to speak.

At this very instant, I cannot think of a single social or economic problem in the US whose origination, or magnitude, is not directly linked to government rules and regulations.