tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post4271878173485927585..comments2024-02-29T00:46:38.800-08:00Comments on Washingtons Blog: Financial Writer Calls for Boycott of Discretionary Consumer Spending Until Honest Free Market Capitalism is RestoredUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-50439576356610776352009-06-30T12:09:06.332-07:002009-06-30T12:09:06.332-07:00I'd like to add: if you own stocks take posses...I'd like to add: if you own stocks take possession of the certificates and do not allow them to be held 'in street name'. These are the shares 'borrowed' by the short sellers. Or, get out of the rigged game all together. This would mean also getting out of mutual funds and taking the losses. Take your banking to a credit union. Do not purchase anything advertized.<br /><br /> Apologize to each child you know as you tell them that they-each and every one of them- owe the Chinese $250,000 and the baby boomers $500,000. When they ask why tell them because that's the way congress says it has to be. Explain to them the flip side of compound interest is really compound debt peonage and that they will never be able to work off the debt they owe.<br /><br />As for the celebrity fixation we know and love, show the children the monthly checks you recieve from your favorite celebrity or sports star.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com