I did not understand the wisdom in the financial bailout. I was even more unclear as to why trillions would be provided to the same players that lacked the ability to manage properly in the first place. I was even more perplexed when everyone was outraged, shocked and seemingly surprised that the same players that presided before and during the crisis, would behave any differently in the bailout. If they were able=2 0to see that their ideas, philosophies, thoughts and actions were a problem, we would not have a problem. They think that what they did was fine and that it is the silly, ignorant, defaulting homeowners that are the problem. There is also a presumption in President Obama’s thinking. He presumes that the population in America will behave differently because of the crisis that we are experiencing. I think that unless forced, the general population will behave the same way they behaved bef ore the crisis to some extent, if allowed, because they think that the problem was the “greedy Wall Street bankers”. We have two critical segments of the economy thinking and acting the same way. They are purely self focused. This is a problem. Businesses will get funding as a result of the stimulus package not because they have goods and services that are relevant and needed, but because we are afraid to find the bottom, which is exactly where our actions have taken us. If those businesses lack the ability to self reflect and admit that they need to revamp their business or just get out of their business or that they are bad business people and need to give others a chance to perform, the stimulus will simply reinforce that which is not good, relevant or needed.

I think the stimulus package is to the economy as cancer is to the human body. It can kill the bad cells and stave off the growth of more bad cells for a time. However, if the root20of the problem is not discovered and dealt with, the cancer will return and it will usually be more resistant and potentially deadly and fatal.

K.Scott