The corporate executives have been responsible for the corporate failures; they have also been the most isolated from the consequences of their errors.

Reagan started the “trickle down” economic theory and we ended up with large deficits and an bit of an entitlement mentality among the so called “Masters of the Universe”, so why not shortcut them and portion out part of the stimulus package to the bottom tier and start a “trickle up” spending philosophy. I’d like to hear this debated on a future show.

Remember, that’s Moody’s who sell their expertise to all sides. An independent study is already available to all. It’s open source thanks to Prof. Reich

Then skip it and shut up. What sort of stupid post is that? If you disagree with him post an actual argument, not some snide little one-liner.

Rachel is right. I read Obama’s op-ed on the Washington Post, and he says we need the stimulus for education, infrastructure, health care, environment. What he can’t say is that we are in a recession because we don’t have enough of those things.

I hear again and again on WBUR that interest rates went up which caused the subprime foreclosures and that’s why we have a recession….

WHO PUT THE INTEREST RATES UP? AND WHY? Now that they’re back down, can we say that it worked?

Obama will succeed if the Dems propose a bill which takes care of the Causes of The Recession.

I am tired of hearing the Conventional Wisdom repeated 800 times a day. Maybe some people like it but it drives me mad to hear the same dumb explanations while my life goes down the drain and that’s why I can only listen to WBUR for 10 minutes at a time.

Dear NPR staff, your complacency and uninquisitiveness has reached the point where it is costing your jobs. Here is what happened. The Fed raised rates to put people out of work. The people who lost their jobs lost their homes. Recession.

What exactly are our priorities here?

I am not all for the socialism either, but I do believe to have a stable and sustainable society, people need to be taken care of even if they were born poor. Human basic needs are essential, like basic food and health care. Yes, the government need to take care of those people. If those Republican ever studied human histories throughout all cultures, they will realize it’s always the unhappy middle or lower class rise to overturn the corrupted and filthy rich.

You would think that those educated elected people are smart enough to know this, but don’t forget a lot of those elected officials were elected by some uneducated narrow minded Americans. Those officials are basically the reflection of our own choices to some extend. Now that’s why Obama put so much emphasis on EDUCATION. Only through open and easier accessibility of education, we can build more future “intelligent” generations, if they are educated, they will be more critical and wise to elect their officials.

But, I don’t understand the Democrats who claim that Republicans are only out for power, taxes for the rich and all the other slogans. And I don’t understand the Republicans who say Democrats aren’t patriotic, will tax us into the stone-age, etc. etc. Both are too simplistic and will keep us in the mess we’re in. And it’s disappointing that this show is so one-sided. At least the cable TV people are honest about their biases (well most are)

As for the bail-out. I don’t see too much disagreement that it’s needed on either side (once you drop the nuts). It’s the amount and how it’ll be used that’s where the devil is. Frankly, I don’t hear enough on what this massive debt means to us. How much more can the chinese loan us? What strings will be attached? When does inflation kick in and how can we stop it when the momentum of trillions in debt is behind it? I hear a lot of people talking about their favorite projects, but a fraction of that on the long term implications of such debt.